Quality of life and metabolic outcomes after total pancreatectomy and simultaneous islet autotransplantation

Stefan Ludwig; Marius Distler; Undine Schubert; Janine Schmid; Henriette Thies; Thilo Welsch; Sebastian Hempel; Torsten Tonn; Jürgen Weitz; Stefan R. Bornstein; Barbara Ludwig

doi:10.1038/s43856-022-00087-7

Communications Medicine (Mar 2022)

Quality of life and metabolic outcomes after total pancreatectomy and simultaneous islet autotransplantation

Stefan Ludwig,
Marius Distler,
Undine Schubert,
Janine Schmid,
Henriette Thies,
Thilo Welsch,
Sebastian Hempel,
Torsten Tonn,
Jürgen Weitz,
Stefan R. Bornstein,
Barbara Ludwig

Affiliations

Stefan Ludwig: Department of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Technische Universität Dresden
Marius Distler: Department of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Technische Universität Dresden
Undine Schubert: Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden of the Helmholtz Center Munich at The University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus and Faculty of Medicine of the Technische Universität Dresden
Janine Schmid: Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden of the Helmholtz Center Munich at The University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus and Faculty of Medicine of the Technische Universität Dresden
Henriette Thies: Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden
Thilo Welsch: Department of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Technische Universität Dresden
Sebastian Hempel: Department of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Technische Universität Dresden
Torsten Tonn: Experimental Transfusion Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of the Technische Universität Dresden
Jürgen Weitz: Department of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Technische Universität Dresden
Stefan R. Bornstein: Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden of the Helmholtz Center Munich at The University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus and Faculty of Medicine of the Technische Universität Dresden
Barbara Ludwig: Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden of the Helmholtz Center Munich at The University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus and Faculty of Medicine of the Technische Universität Dresden

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00087-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Ludwig and Distler et al. evaluate quality of life and metabolic outcomes in patients undergoing total pancreatectomy and simultaneous islet autotransplantation. The authors report benefits in terms of glycemic control, as well as improvements in quality of life, following the procedure.

Published in Communications Medicine

ISSN: 2730-664X (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsmed/

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