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48160 Pancreas removal/transplant

Surgery

Also known as: Pancreas transplant, pancreatic transplantation

Donor pancreatectomy for organ procurement followed by transplantation of the pancreatic allograft into a recipient with insulin-dependent diabetes.

Clinical Context

Performed in transplant centers for selected diabetic patients, often as simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplant for type 1 diabetes.

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Specialties

Transplant SurgeryGeneral Surgery

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