Impact of microbial contamination of the islet product during total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation.
Kenjiro KumanoMorihito TakitaSrividya VasuCarly DardenMichael LawrenceErnest BeecherlAmar GuptaNicholas OnacaBashoo NaziruddinPublished in: Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic sciences (2020)
These results suggest that combined anti-inflammatory drug use is safe and well tolerated in TPIAT patients who receive contaminated islet product and does not increase the rate of infectious complications; however, contaminated islet product is associated with poor metabolic outcomes.