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About the Pancreas
Is a Pancreas Transplant my only option?
How do I Become a Candidate?
Whom Can I Turn to for Help?
How Will Doctors Find a Pancreas for Me?
What Happens When a Cadaveric Pancreas Becomes Available?
What Happens After Surgery?
Going Home
How Organ Matching Works
Before the Surgery
Evaluation: Pretransplant and Histocompatibility Laboratory Tests
Indications for Pancreas Transplantation
Waiting Before a Transplant
During the Surgery
The Pancreas Transplant Procedure
After the Surgery
Postoperative Care
Discharge Planning
After Transplant Clinic Visits
Home Monitoring
What is Rejection?
Complications
Living Arrangements
Medications
Medication Rules, Tips and Guidelines
Azathioprine (Imuran)
Cyclosporine (Neoral, Sandimune, Cylosporine A, Gengraf)
Mycophenolate Mofetil (CellCept)
OKT3
Prednisone (Deltasone)
Sirolimus (Rapamune)
Tacrolimus (Prograf, FK506)
Thymoglobulin
Pancreas Transplants
SPK - Simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation
PAK - Pancreas after kidney transplantation
PTA - Pancreas transplantation alone
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USC Pancreas Transplant Program
1510 San Pablo Street, Suite 430, Los Angeles CA 90033-4612
Phone: (323) 442-5908 Fax: (323) 442-5721
E-mail:
info@uscpancreastransplant.org