Conditions that may require a pancreas transplant include:

• Diabetes
• Cystic fibrosis
• Chronic pancreatic insufficiency
• Removal of the pancreas due to trauma or certain tumors

   

Temple's pancreas transplant team offers four types of transplantation for patients:

• Simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplant – the most common type of pancreas transplant, usually for patients with diabetes with failed or failing kidneys
• Pancreas after kidney (PAK) transplant – a procedure performed to prevent damage to the new kidney, usually for patients with diabetes
• Pancreas-alone transplant – a rare procedure, usually for patients with uncontrollable diabetes, which may be referred to as "hypoglycemic unawareness" or "brittle diabetes"
• Simultaneous lung-pancreas transplant