[Clinical aspects of allotransplantation of the pancreatic islet cells in patients with diabetes mellitus and acute and chronic cholecystitis].

The results of treatment of 25 patients with acute and chronic cholecystitis accompanied by diabetes mellitus, who underwent transplantation of the pancreatic islet cells (PIC), and 40 patients with identical pathology, who underwent no PIC transplantation, are presented. In chronic cholecystitis and diabetes mellitus with the aim of preparation for the operation, PIC were administered intramuscularly, in acute cholecystitis and diabetes mellitus intraportally, after cholecystectomy. Transplantation of the PIC cultures in patients with diabetes mellitus contributes to correction of the impaired metabolic processes, reduction of the incidence of postoperative complications.