Pancreas transplantation in a patient after total pancreatectomy due to chronic pancreatitis – the first case in Poland

• Authors: Marek Durlik , Katarzyna Baumgart

Abstracts

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Chronic pancreatitis is an inflammatory disease that may require surgical intervention. In some patients a total pancreatectomy is necessary. Such patients develop diabetes, which in some cases may be difficult to control. When standard insulin treatment is unsuccessful and the patient has frequent blood glucose swings with life-threatening hiper- and hypoglycemic episodes, a pancreas transplant should be considered.

Keywords

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pancreas transplantation; brittle diabetes; pancreatogenic diabetes; total pancreatectomy; chronic pancreatitis

• Publisher: Index Copernicus International
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 88(2)
• Pages: 106-108

Contributors

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Marek Durlik

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Katarzyna Baumgart