| | | | | such as cardiac catheterization and consultation |
| Pancreatic Transplant Surgery In India | | | | with endocrinologists and vascular surgery..... |
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| Pancreas Transplantation | | | | Pancreas Surgery |
| | | | Pancreas transplant surgery is more complex and |
| The Pancreas | | | | extensive than a kidney transplant. The pancreas |
| Your pancreas is a narrow organ, about 6 inches | | | | transplant is placed intra- abdominally through a |
| long, that lies behind the stomach. The pancreas | | | | vertical mid-line incision about 8 inches long, as |
| produces a hormone called insulin that regulates | | | | opposed to a kidney which is placed in the |
| the amount of sugar in the blood. It also makes | | | | retroperitoneum (behind and outside your |
| enzymes that are released into your small | | | | peritoneum)...... |
| intestine and help to digest food. Failure of your | | | | |
| body to regulate the amount of glucose in your | | | | Islet Cell Transplantation |
| blood causes Diabetes.... | | | | Transplant options for the diabetic recipient include |
| | | | | whole organ pancreas and islet transplantation. |
| Indications | | | | Islet transplantation offers the advantage of being |
| Pancreas transplantation should be considered an | | | | less invasive than whole organ transplantation. |
| acceptable treatment option for Type 1 diabetics | | | | However, current experience shows that multiple |
| with kidney failure who have had or plan to have | | | | transplants are required and long-term function |
| a kidney transplant. The successful addition of a | | | | remains poor. |
| pancreas transplant will restore normal glucose | | | | Early successes with single donor islet transplants |
| control, does not jeopardize patient survival, and | | | | were encouraging but insulin independence is |
| may improve kidney survival..... | | | | usually not sustainable..... |
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| For the patient with type 1 diabetes, there are | | | | We at We Care Health Services, India have a |
| several transplant options : - | | | | different approach towards medical tourism as |
| - SPK - Simultaneous pancreas and kidney | | | | opposed to our counterparts abroad. Our medical |
| transplantation | | | | tourism process starts with suggesting, brokering |
| - PAK - Pancreas after kidney transplantation | | | | and referring the patient to the selected hospital |
| - PTA - Pancreas transplantation alone | | | | and doctor but does not end there. We have |
| | | | | direct first name relationship with all the major |
| Simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant | | | | doctors and surgeons in our partner hospitals in |
| Simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant | | | | India. We actually service the patients while they |
| (SPK) is a transplant procedure where both a | | | | are in India for the surgery / treatment. Our |
| kidney and the pancreas are transplanted at the | | | | team of Clinical Coordinators and Patient Care |
| same time from a cadaveric donor. For those | | | | Managers meet the patient daily, coordinate |
| suffering from Type I diabetes and renal failure..... | | | | clinically and non clinically with the hospital doctors |
| | | | | and staff to ensure smooth and trouble less care |
| Pancreas after kidney transplant | | | | to the patients and their attendants...... |
| A Pancreas After Kidney transplant (PAK) is a | | | | |
| procedure where patients who have received a | | | | |
| successful kidney transplant would subsequently | | | | |
| receive a pancreas transplant. This procedure is | | | | Please log on to : |
| performed on patients with Type I diabetes and | | | | Send your query : Get a Quote |
| are receiving immunosuppression..... | | | | |
| | | | | We Care Core Values |
| Goals of Pancreas Transplantation | | | | We have a very simple business model that |
| Insulin independence with normal or near normal | | | | keeps you as the centre. |
| blood sugars. Prevention of the development and | | | | Having the industry’s most elaborate and |
| or progression of the long term complications of | | | | exclusive Patient Care and Clinical Coordination |
| diabetes. Improved quality of life, elimination of | | | | teams stationed at each partner hospital, we |
| dietary restrictions..... | | | | provide you the smoothest and seamless care |
| | | | | ever imagined. With a ratio of one Patient Care |
| Pancreas Transplant Evaluation | | | | Manager to five patients our patient care |
| The evaluation process is similar to kidney | | | | standards are unmatched across the sub |
| transplant evaluation. However patients requiring | | | | continent. |
| pancreas transplant may need additional testing | | | | |