Pancreatic transplants are not as common as other transplants. They usually are performed in patients with type 1 diabetes who have extensive end-organ damage.55 Most pancreas transplantation procedures are performed together with kidney transplantation. Because most patients have end-stage renal disease from diabetes, they also may experience the same seizure rate postoperatively as kidney transplant patients.

Adapted from: Cruz-Martinez E and Gilmore RL. Transplantation and seizures. In: Ettinger AB and Devinsky O, eds. Managing epilepsy and co-existing disorders. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2002;75-82.
With permission from Elsevier (www.elsevier.com).
Reviewed and revised March 2004 by Steven C. Schachter, MD, epilepsy.com Editorial Board.