Types

	Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant (SPK) Pancreas Transplant Alone (PTA) Pancreas After Kidney Transplant (PAK)

Three types of pancreas transplants are performed at The Transplant Center at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, to treat insulin-dependent diabetes. Patients can receive:

• Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant (SPK)

• Pancreas After Kidney Transplant (PAK)

• Pancreas Transplant Alone (PTA)

Before determining what type of transplant you are interested in, you may want to consider some of the information below.  Developing options to meet patients' needs while making optimum use of donated organs is a critical part of our transplant philosophy.