Kidney-pancreas transplant
The pancreas transplant program at Loma Linda University Medical Center provides a comprehensive evaluation and transplant-related services to patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus, with or without associated kidney failure. Available services include simultaneous kidney and pancreas transplant, pancreas alone transplant, or pancreas transplant after a successful kidney transplant. Every potential recipient's evaluation benefits from a comprehensive team approach, including the following:
- Transplant surgeons
- Transplant nephrologists
- Transplant nurse coordinators
- Financial coordinator
- Social worker
- Transplant pharmacist
- Transplant nutritionist
Loma Linda University was the first pancreas program in the Inland Empire, and possibly in Southern California, to use the new technique of enteric (intestinal) exocrine pancreas drainage. Unlike the old technique of bladder pancreas drainage which has been associated with severe urologic complications, intestinal pancreas drainage is physiologic, allowing patients to avoid such complications as hematuria, dehydration, acidosis, urethral disruption, and frequent urinary tract infections experienced with bladder drainage.
Kidney-Pancreas contact/referral information
*Learn about becoming a living organ donor (kidney program).
[Transplant Institute]
