Pancreatic Transplant Surgery Abroad At Affordable Cost – Pancreatic

The Pancreas

Your pancreas is a narrow organ, about 6 inches long, that lies behind the stomach. The pancreas produces a hormone called insulin that regulates the amount of sugar in the blood. It also makes enzymes that are released into your small intestine and help to digest food. Failure of your body to regulate the amount of glucose in your blood causes Diabetes....

Indications

Pancreas transplantation should be considered an acceptable treatment option for Type 1 diabetics with kidney failure who have had or plan to have a kidney transplant. The successful addition of a pancreas transplant will restore normal glucose control, does not jeopardize patient survival, and may improve kidney survival.....

For the patient with type 1 diabetes, there are several transplant options : -

Simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant

Simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant (SPK) is a transplant procedure where both a kidney and the pancreas are transplanted at the same time from a cadaveric donor. For those suffering from Type I diabetes and renal failure.....

Pancreas after kidney transplant

A Pancreas After Kidney transplant (PAK) is a procedure where patients who have received a successful kidney transplant would subsequently receive a pancreas transplant. This procedure is performed on patients with Type I diabetes and are receiving immunosuppression.....

Goals of Pancreas Transplantation

Insulin independence with normal or near normal blood sugars. Prevention of the development and/or progression of the long term complications of diabetes. Improved quality of life, elimination of dietary restrictions.....

Pancreas Transplant Evaluation

The evaluation process is similar to kidney transplant evaluation. However patients requiring pancreas transplant may need additional testing such as cardiac catheterization and consultation with endocrinologists and vascular surgery.....

Pancreas Surgery

Pancreas transplant surgery is more complex and extensive than a kidney transplant. The pancreas transplant is placed intra- abdominally through a vertical mid-line incision about 8 inches long, as opposed to a kidney which is placed in the retroperitoneum (behind and outside your peritoneum)......

Islet Cell Transplantation

Transplant options for the diabetic recipient include whole organ pancreas and islet transplantation. Islet transplantation offers the advantage of being less invasive than whole organ transplantation. However, current experience shows that multiple transplants are required and long-term function remains poor.

Early successes with single donor islet transplants were encouraging but insulin independence is usually not sustainable.....

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