Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
(Singapore)
A pancreas transplant is a surgical procedure where a functioning donor's pancreas is transplanted into a suitable recipient, and the recipient's own pancreas is left in situ. Conceptually, this is the same as kidney transplant where a donor kidney is transplanted while not removing the recipient's two kidneys.
Pancreas transplant is typically performed in a very select group of recipients with Type 1 diabetes and kidney failure, as a simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant with two donor organs. Type 1 diabetes occurs when the pancreas can't produce enough insulin, a hormone that regulates the absorption of sugar (glucose) into the cells.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/fit-...nt-diabetes-national-programme-015510800.html
A pancreas transplant is a surgical procedure where a functioning donor's pancreas is transplanted into a suitable recipient, and the recipient's own pancreas is left in situ. Conceptually, this is the same as kidney transplant where a donor kidney is transplanted while not removing the recipient's two kidneys.
Pancreas transplant is typically performed in a very select group of recipients with Type 1 diabetes and kidney failure, as a simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant with two donor organs. Type 1 diabetes occurs when the pancreas can't produce enough insulin, a hormone that regulates the absorption of sugar (glucose) into the cells.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/fit-...nt-diabetes-national-programme-015510800.html