A novel technique for the transplantation of pancreatic islets within a vascularized device into the greater omentum to achieve insulin independence

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 203, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 793-797

  Kriz, Jan ^a   Vilk, Greg ^b,c,d   Mazzuca, Delfina M ^b,c,d   Toleikis, Philip M ^d   Foster, Paula J ^a   White, David J G ^a,b,c,d  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Sernova Corp   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Islet; Omentum; Pouch; Technique; Transplantation; Vascularization

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GLUCOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; GREATER OMENTUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; ISOGRAFT; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOTYPE CELL POUCH DEVICE; RAT; TISSUE GROWTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OMENTUM; RATS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861638121     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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