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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 (Reference pancreas transplant Opens New Window Reference
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possibly while receiving another organ, such as a kidney. - Surgery to insert working pancreas cells (islet cell transplant). This procedure is still experimental.
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: Reference March 7, 2011 |
| Medical Review: | Reference John Pope, MD - Pediatrics
Reference Stephen LaFranchi, MD - Pediatrics, Pediatric Endocrinology |
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