Comment on “Total Pancreatectomy With Islet Autotransplantation as an Alternative to High-Risk Pancreatojejunostomy After Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Prospective Randomized Trial”

• Leo Buhler, MD,
• Ty Dunn, MD,
• Ugo Boggi, MD,
• Charles Vollmer, MD,
• Jens Werner, MD,
• Christos Dervenis, MD,
• Giovanni Marchegiani, MD,
• Shailesh V. Shrikhande, MD,
• Igor Khatkov, MD,
• Abraham Fingerhut, MD

Affiliations

Leo Buhler, MD

* From the Department of Surgery, Fribourg Cantonal Hospital, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

Ty Dunn, MD

† Department of Surgery, Medical College Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Ugo Boggi, MD

‡ Division of General and Transplantation Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Charles Vollmer, MD

§ Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Jens Werner, MD

‖ Department of General, Visceral, and Transplant Surgery, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Christos Dervenis, MD

¶ Department of Surgical Oncology and HPB Surgery, Metropolitan Hospital, Athens, Greece

Giovanni Marchegiani, MD

# Hepatopancreatobiloary and Liver Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Shailesh V. Shrikhande, MD

** Gastrointestinal and HPB Service, Tata Memorial Center, Mumbai, India

Igor Khatkov, MD

†† Department of Surgery, Moscow Clinical Center, Moscow, Russia

Abraham Fingerhut, MD

‡‡ Department of Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China.