Pancreas Transplantation
摘要
Unlike other solid organ transplants, whole pancreas transplantation in the pediatric population is not common and usually is done as a component of multivisceral or composite organ transplantation. It is rare to find devastating sequelae of type 1 diabetes mellitus in children; pancreatic transplantation is generally done in the setting of acute recurrent or chronic pancreatitis and not for diabetes mellitus.