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Can Type 1 Diabetes Be Cured With A New Pancreas?
A pancreas transplant is surgery to implant a healthy pancreas from a donor into a patient with diabetes. Pancreas transplants give the patient a chance to stop taking insulin injections.
Alternative Names
Transplant - pancreas; Transplantation - pancreas
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The healthy pancreas is taken from a donor who is brain dead, but is still on life support. The donor pancreas must be carefully matched to the patient who is receiving it.
A portion of the first part of the small intestine,...
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