Pancreas transplant for diabetes mellitus

Hannah R Kerr; Betul Hatipoglu; Venkatesh Krishnamurthi

doi:10.3949/ccjm.82a.14090

Pancreas transplant for diabetes mellitus

Cleve Clin J Med. 2015 Nov;82(11):738-44. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.82a.14090.

Authors

Hannah R Kerr^{1

2}, Betul Hatipoglu^{3

4}, Venkatesh Krishnamurthi^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ New Mexico VA Healthcare System, Presbyterian Hospital, and University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
² Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
³ Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁴ Associate Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁵ Department of Urology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁶ Director of Pancreas Transplantation, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. E-mail: krishnv@ccf.org.

PMID: 26540324
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.82a.14090

Abstract

Pancreas transplant is an option for patients with type 1 diabetes and for some patients with type 2 diabetes and advanced diabetic kidney disease. The procedure has a high success rate, and performing it earlier in the course of diabetes could help prevent or reverse the long-term complications of diabetes.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Diabetes Mellitus / surgery*
Humans
Pancreas Transplantation / methods*
Treatment Outcome