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National Institutes of Health
- The primary NIH organization for research on Pancreas Transplantation is the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Pancreas Transplantation
The pancreas is an organ that makes insulin and enzymes that help the body digest and use food. A pancreas transplant is surgery to place a healthy pancreas from a donor into a person with a diseased pancreas. A common reason for this type of damage is diabetes. Pancreas transplants can enable people with type 1 diabetes to give up insulin shots. An experimental procedure called islet cell transplantation transplants only the parts of the pancreas that make insulin.
People who have transplants must take drugs to keep their body from rejecting the new pancreas for the rest of their lives. They must also have regular follow-up care.
Start Here
- Pancreas Transplant: An Insulin-Free Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
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Overviews
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Getting a New Pancreas: Facts about Pancreas Transplants(American Society of Transplantation) - Links to PDF
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Pancreas Transplantation(American Diabetes Association)
Also available in Spanish
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Getting a New Pancreas: Facts about Pancreas Transplants(American Society of Transplantation) - Links to PDF
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Disease Management
- Health Maintenance(American Society of Transplantation)
- Lab Tests for Measuring Organ Function(American Society of Transplantation)
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Specific Conditions
- Getting a Kidney-Pancreas Transplant(National Kidney Foundation)
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Related Issues
- Infection and Malignancy(American Society of Transplantation)
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Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Pancreas Transplantation
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Pancreas Transplantation
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Journal Articles
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: Safe inclusion of the entire pancreas as a component of...
- Article: Ipsilateral portal enteric drained pancreas-kidney transplantation: a novel technique.
- Article: Beneficial outcomes of a steroid-free regimen with thymoglobulin induction in...
- Pancreas Transplantation -- see more articles
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Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Transplant Glossary(United Network for Organ Sharing)
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Directories
- United Network for Organ Sharing: Member Directory(United Network for Organ Sharing)
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Statistics
- Organ Facts: Kidney / Pancreas(United Network for Organ Sharing)
- Organ Facts: Pancreas(United Network for Organ Sharing)
- Pancreas Center Data Profile(Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network)
- Transplant Statistics: National Reports(Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients)
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Date last updated: 27 July 2008 Topic last reviewed: 18 April 2008 |