Diabetes Health Center
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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