PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Karla M. Arce
AU  - Yu Kuei Lin
AU  - Tyler Stevens
AU  - R. Matthew Walsh
AU  - Betul A. Hatipoglu
TI  - Total pancreatectomy and islet cell autotransplantation: Definitive treatment for chronic pancreatitis
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.83a.15056
DP  - 2016 Jun 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 435--442
VI  - 83
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/83/6/435.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/83/6/435.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2016 Jun 01; 83
AB  - In appropriately selected patients, total pancreatectomy and islet cell autotransplant controls pain and improves quality of life while often minimizing the development of overt diabetes. Multidisciplinary management and lifelong follow-up help to maximize the benefit of this procedure. This review highlights its history, indications, metabolic outcomes, and future directions.