Combined Laparoscopic spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy and autologous islet transplantation: report of one case and literature review

Objective To Eveluate the safty and clinical efficacy of combined laparoscopic spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy and autologous islet transplantation in the treatment of solid pseudopapillary neoplasm. Methods A 22 years old solid pseudopapillary neoplasm female patient who underwent distal pancreatectomy and an autologous islet transplantation at Tianjin First Central Hospital, clinical date for 6 months follow up was collected and analyzed. Results The patient was well recovered after surgery, and during the post-operative follow up, the fasting blood glucose was 5.72 mmol/L, HbA1c was 6.1%, remained insulin independent, the liver function was kept well. Conclusions Combined Laparoscopic spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy and autologous islet transplantation can effectively prevent diabetes after distal pancreatectomy.