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Type 1 Diabetes - Surgery
Surgery for type 1 diabetes is done only in special situations.
- Surgery to replace the pancreas (pancreas transplant) may be done when a person is receiving another organ, such as a kidney.
- Surgery to insert working pancreas cells (islet cell transplant) is experimental.
These surgeries are very expensive. After having one of these surgeries, a person must take medication for the rest of his or her life to prevent the body from rejecting the new tissue (immunosuppression medications).
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November 21, 2006
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