The surgery took 14 hours. Once doctors removed Elliot's pancreas, they broke it down, extracted the islet cells, brought it to an outside facility where it was processed.

Total pancreatectomy and islet autotransplant is known to aid pain relief in patients with chronic pancreatitis. Bellin et al. investigated the effect of this treatment approach on quality of life ...

Although it wasn’t the first surgery of its kind attempted robotically, a total pancreatectomy with a simultaneous islet transplant had never before been completed with the use of a robot.

January 24, 2023 Among 493 patients who underwent surgery for chronic pancreatitis, the survival rate 1 year after the operation was 95.5%. At 5 years, it was 85%.

Stage 2B is when it has spread from the pancreas to up to three nearby lymph nodes. Pancreatic cancer can occur in four stages. Stage 2 pancreatic cancer refers to a locally advanced cancer.