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Type 1 Diabetes: Children Living With the Disease - 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:

  • 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.

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Last Updated: January 19, 2007
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