Technique, Complications, and Therapeutic Efficacy of Percutaneous Transplantation of Human Pancreatic Islet Cells in Type 1 Diabetes: The Role of US

Abstract

Complication rate of transplantation with US and fluoroscopic guidance was low. Well-functioning islet cells were found in about 50% of patients at 6 years of follow-up. Hepatic implantation of islet cells was evident on US images in more than one-third of patients.