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World Leader in Pancreas Transplant and
Islet Transplant |
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The pancreas transplant program at the University of Minnesota
is the oldest and largest in the world, marking more than 1,500
transplants performed since 1966. University of Minnesota surgeons
at University of Minnesota Medical Center perform more than 150
pancreas transplants, often combined with kidney transplants,
annually. Perhaps the patient's most important benefit of pancreas
transplantation is freedom from dependence on insulin. Although
this is significant, the major impetus to perform pancreas transplants
is the hope of preventing the debilitating side effects of diabetes
such as cardiovascular, retinal and renal disease. For some
patients, surgeons can restore the function of the pancreas
with an islet cell transplant, a far less invasive procedure
than a pancreas transplant.
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 1966 - First human pancreas transplant in the world
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1979
- First living-donor pancreas transplant in the world
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1967 - First simultaneous kidney/pancreas transplant in the world
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1974
- First allo-islet transplant in the world for diabetes
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1979
- First auto-islet transplant in the world for pancreatitis
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Background: David ER Sutherland
Director, Diabetes Institute for Immunology and Transplantation;
July 1, 1994-present
Head, Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University
of Minnesota; April 1995-present
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