Pancreas transplantation can be useful in the treatment of diabetes. This treatment is more limited and is mainly for insulin-dependent diabetic patients, not all diabetic patients are suitable for pancreas transplantation.
Pancreas transplantation alone can relieve insulin dependence and is mainly used for the treatment of type 1 diabetes. Allogeneic pancreas transplantation is able to maintain normal blood glucose levels in some patients with type 1 diabetes for several years, so pancreas transplantation can play a role in treating diabetes to a certain extent.
However, there is a shortage of donors for pancreas transplants and immune rejection can occur after pancreas transplantation, leading to failure of the transplant, so patients after pancreas transplantation may require long-term immunosuppressive therapy.
Patients with diabetes who need a pancreas transplant should be treated under medical supervision.