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Pancreas transplant patient education videos

Pancreas transplantation comes with risks, benefits, and a series of steps to get approved.

You can watch the full pancreas video series on YouTube.

Patient Education

Last reviewed September 2022 by Alan Reed

The goal of pancreas transplantation is to improve your quality of life, treat the complications of your diabetes, and let you resume your normal diet and activities. If done with a kidney transplant, it will also treat your renal failure from diabetes.

Pancreas transplant risks

Complications from the operation
Issues with post-transplant medication
Infection
Organ rejection

Types of organ donors

A donated pancreas comes from a deceased donor.

If you are having a combined pancreas and kidney transplant, both organs come from the same deceased donor.

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