Pancreatectomy with Auto-Islet Transplant

Pancreas Transplant Program – “Edmonton Protocol”

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Jenny in Facts, Pancreatectomy with Auto-Islet Transplant, Research No Comments

James Shapiro, M.D., Ph.D., FRCSC (See Link….) Born in Leeds, England, Dr James Shapiro obtained his Medical Degree at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and trained in Surgery at the University of Bristol. In 1993, He came to the University of Alberta in Canada to train in liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery, continuing research studies in […]

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Pediatric Pancreatectomy and Islet Auto-Transplant Program

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Jenny in Facts, Pancreatectomy with Auto-Islet Transplant, Research No Comments

Pancreatectomy and Islet Auto-Transplant Program (See Link…) How TP-IAT works The surgeon removes the pancreas and specially trained technicians separate out the islets. Then the surgeon injects the islets into the patient’s liver to produce insulin to manage blood sugar levels. If necessary, the patient can take supplemental insulin injections. Because the islets are the […]

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This is a radio interview done with CBC Radio Edmonton from the Alberta Stollery Children's Hospital May 31st, 2013. The interview was done one month after her 13 hour (TP/IAT) Total Pancreactomy & Auto Islet Transplant. By this time Hayley should have had a lot less pain than she was experiencing but we were remaining optimistic. Hayley had opportunity to do both radio and TV interviews to talk about being the 2nd child in Canada to undergo this type of rare surgery and also bring raise awareness to the wrath of Chronic Pancreatitis and the TP/IAT procedure. Hayley chose not to do any further interviews to support the surgery because she already knew in her heart that the surgery was NOT doing what it was supposed to. The surgery was done with almost no pre-testing. Looking back I am now wondering what did the doctor base his positive comment on? His words were that he was 99.9% sure that the surgery was going to help Hayley's pain considerably and maybe even stop it altogether! Never did he say it could make it worse...

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