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What is the difference between a pancreas transplant and an islet cell transplant?
If you have diabetes, most of your pancreas (99 percent or so) is working properly, producing several pints of digestive juices and enzymes that are pumped into your guts to help you digest your food.
admin | Jan 15, 2011 | Comments 0
Who should get a pancreas transplant?
There is a major supply problem for many organ transplantation
programs, including pancreas transplant. The number of organ donors who die under circumstances where their pancreas can be removed safely is much fewer than the number of people with diabetes who would like to get a pancreas transplant.
admin | Jan 14, 2011 | Comments 0
What is a pancreas transplant?
When you think about someone getting an organ transplant, you usually think that your old and defective organ will be removed and that a new one will be put into your body in the same place as the old one was.
admin | Jan 14, 2011 | Comments 0