Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplation (TPIAT) surgery is the only treatment option for some pancreatitis patients. Mission: Cure shares information from experts.
Mission: Cure's webinar, TPIAT: Should I Have My Pancreas Removed?, discusses pancreas surgery to reduce chronic pain from pancreatitis. This is the fourth broadcast in Mission: Cure’s Patient and Family Webinar Series. In this webinar replay you can hear Dr. Melena Bellin of the University of Minnesota explain: Who should consider TPIAT (Total Pancreatectomy & Islet Auto-Transplantation) The selection criteria The TPIAT procedure itself The typical recovery and outcomes We then hear from Amy Jensen, a recent TPIAT patient, who eloquently shares her own TPIAT journey. The goal of this webinar was to educate chronic and recurrent acute pancreatitis patients and their…
