Nutritional Risks in Patients Undergoing Total Pancreatectomy Islet AutoTransplantation in the POST Consortium.
Elissa M DownsAnne EatonPiotr WitkowskiMartin WijkstromMatthew WalshGuru TrikudanathanVikesh K SinghSarah J SchwarzenbergTimothy L PruettAndrew PosseltBashoo NaziruddinJaimie D NathanSri Prakash MokshagundamKatherine MorganLuis F LaraTimothy B GardnerMartin L FreemanKate EllerySrinath ChinnakotlaGregory J BeilmanDavid AdamsSyed AhmadMaisam Abu-El-HaijaMelena D BellinPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2023)
Prevalence of fat-soluble vitamin deficiencies increased after TPIAT, especially if underweight. We strongly advocate that all TPIAT recipients have close post-operative nutritional monitoring, including vitamin levels. Pancreatic MVIs should be given to minimize risk of developing deficiencies.