Type 1 Diabetes: Children Living With the Disease - Surgery

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Surgery

Surgery is not a routine treatment for type 1 diabetes, and children do not meet the criteria for the surgeries that are available. Surgeries for type 1 diabetes are:

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  • Surgery to replace the pancreas (pancreas transplant), possibly while receiving another organ, such as a kidney.
  • Surgery to insert working pancreas cells (islet cell transplant). This procedure is still experimental.
Author: Robin Parks, MS
Medical Review: Michael J. Sexton, MD - Pediatrics
Alan C. Dalkin, MD - Endocrinology
Last Updated: 01/19/2007

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