TP/ICT & other surgeries to Eileen

[Guest guest]

In reference to the TP/ICT -

Eileen wrote:

> This is interesting to me. Who are the surgeons that perform this?

Are there only a specialized few? And in order for the surgery to be

a success, does it have to be done in the early stages?<

Eileen,

Dr. Sutherland in Minnesota is the inventor of this procedure and is

considered the top gun. He's trained other doctor's through the

country, though, and hopefully the people that have had the surgery

by these other doctors will furnish the names of their surgeons. I'm

sorry to admit that I don't know all the other doctor's names.

The surgery has been done in Cincinnati, Pittsburg, PA., Chicago, at

Hopkins U. Medical Center, somewhere in California, as well as

the majority that have been done at the Fairview Medical Center,

University of Minnesota, in Minneapolis, Minn., by Dr. Sutherland or

one of his team members there.

It is felt that the TP/ICT is most successful when done early in the

patient's medical history, before too many other surgeries have

caused too much organ removal or scarring. That's not to say that

patients who have had Whipples or Peustows or other surgeries

previously would not be good candidates. Each one needs to be

reviewed and considered on their own merits. , for example,

had two previous surgeries prior to her TP/ICT in Cinncinnati, I

believe, or maybe even three....I can't remember, the woman's been

in and out of the surgical arena so many times that for her it's

been a revolving door...I forget all that she's had done....lol!

Most of the other surgeries for SOD, etc., have been done at the

Indiana University Medical Center, Hopkins Medical Center, MUSC,

Cleveland, Ohio, Cincinnati, Pittsburg, U. of Florida in Gainesville,

Chicago, California and Boston. Here too, other members who have had

successful surgeries would need to provide us with the names of their

surgeons and the specific locations.

Not having had any pancreatic surgery done on myself, I'm not a good

person to refer to for all the specifics.....lol! I try to keep up

with where everybody has gone and what they've had done, but it's

become too difficult for an old coon like me to remember. I'm lucky

if I can even remember my grocery list, in fact, I can't!!! Each and

every item HAS to be written down and crossed off the list or I'll

forget something, for sure. I've been forgetting the 6 pack of

sugar-free chocolate pudding for the last five grocery trips, it's on

todays list but I've had to highlight it with the pink highlighter or

else I'll forget it again!!

Excuse the levity, I forgot we were discussing some serious business

here, but you can see that my mind wanders to what's on MY adgenda

for this Monday morning.... Back to the business on hand, I'm sure

many of our other member's who've had various surgeries will be happy

to comply, right guys??, if they haven't already.

I hope this helps, Eileen. If you don't get the information you

need, just put what it is in the subject line and that should catch

people's eyes. Hope you have a good week ahead.

With love, hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

hhessgriffeth@...

www.pancassociation.org/anthology#Heidi.html

SC State & SE Regional Representative

Pancreatitis Association, International

Note: All comments or advice are based on personal experience or

opinion only, and should not be substituted for professional medical

consultation.

[Guest guest]

Eileen, Dr Sutherland is very cool. You can call him, email him, send him your

records, etc. He will review your case. In my case, he prefers we do the whipple

first. We would do the whipple with the thought of doing the tp/ict in a

year...so to me, it's important he does it all start to finish.I have heard

Cinci and Hopkins and MUSC are the other leaders and possibly USC ( I could be

wrong on USC)? I talked to them on the phone, I didn't like them at all. I did

like Hopkins a lot...and I like Farview. Anyway, the best thing to do is to just

call Dr S or drop him an email and see what he says-Kathleen

[Guest guest]

Thanks Heidi. :-)