This book provides a comprehensive and international review of recent advances in pancreas and islet transplantation. It covers surgical techniques, organ preservation, immunosuppression and other advances in the control of complications, all of which contribute to the potential for such transplantations to evolve as the treatment of choice for insulin dependent diabetes.

Contents/contributors
1 Sutherland & Groth: History of pancreas transplantation
2 Press: The nature of the problem: why do we need pancreatic transplantation?
3 Papalois & Hakim: Experimental models in pancreatic transplantation
4 McCauley & Corry: Pre-transplant medical evaluation for pancreas transplant candidates
5 Haritopoulos & Hakim: Indications for kidney-pancreas transplantation and patient selection
6 Stratta: Indications for solitary pancreas transplantation
7 Frezza & Corry: Donor management and selection for pancreas transplantation
8 Hakim & Papalois: Procurement and bench work preparation of the pancreatic graft
9 Spiegel & Palmes: Pancreas preservation
10 Krishnamurthi & Bartlett: Surgical techniqes of pancreas transplantation
11 Stratta, Shokouh-Amiri, Grewal & Gaber: Pancreas transplantation with portal-enteric drainage
12 Koffron & Kaufman: Pancreas transplantation: early peri-operative management
13 Benedetti, Sileri, Gruessner & Cicalese: Surgical complications of pancreas transplantation
14 Pham, Pham & Wilkinson: Medical and urological complications of pancreas and kidney/pancreas transplantation
15 Koffron & Kaufman: Diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic rejection
16 Klassen: Histology of the pancreas transplant
17 Robertson: Pancreas transplantation: effects on secondary complications of diabetes mellitus
18 Stratta: Pancreas transplantation: long-term aspects and effect on quality of life
19 Jindal, Revanur & Jardine: Immunosuppression and diabetogenecity
20 Karanam, Song & Jindal: Gene therapy for diabetes
21 Stratta: The economics of pancreas transplantation
22 Gray: An historical view of the development of cellular and islet transplantation
23 Tuch: Fetal and neo-natal pancreatic tissue transplantation
24 Kenyon: Experimental approaches to the prevention of islet rejection
25 Davalli, Bertuzzi & Secchi: Clinical effectiveness of islet transplantation