Introduction Bench surgery for the preparation of deceased donor pancreatic grafts is labor-
intensive and time-consuming. We hypothesized that energy devices could be used during …

Background: Nowadays, transplantation of bone marrow-derived Mesenchymal Stromal
Cells (BMSCs) is currently an important alternative therapy for patient's type 1 diabetes …

Background Simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplantation can be complicated by
thrombosis in the early post-transplant period. Methods We performed a single-center …

The overarching success of islet transplantation relies on the success in the laboratory to
isolate the islets. This chapter focuses on the processes of human islet cell isolation and the …

For more than two decades we have been refining advances in islet cell transplantation as a
clinical therapy for patients suffering from type 1 diabetes. A great deal of effort has gone to …

Pancreas transplantation has been performed successfully in Australia and New Zealand
since 1987, with the first successful transplant being performed at Westmead hospital in …

For more than five decades, we have been refining advances in pancreas whole organ and
islet cell transplantation as clinical therapies to treat the ever-increasing number of patients …

Since the concept of cell or tissue transplantation was first proposed over a century ago,
pancreas and islet cell transplantation have burgeoned into viable clinical therapies for …

This chapter concentrates on the advantages and disadvantages of solid organ pancreas
transplantation. It covers the impact of successful pancreas graft function on diabetic …

Clinical islet cell transplantation has matured to provide proven excellent glycemic control
with outcomes improving over time due, in part, to refinements including; improved methods …