immune disorders
Pancreatic Islet Cell Transplantation
Complications
Even if tissue types are closely matched, transplanted organs and tissue, unlike transfused blood, are usually rejected unless measures are taken to prevent rejection. Rejection results from an attack by the recipient's immune system on the transplanted organ, which the immune system recognizes as foreign material. Rejection can be mild and easily controlled or severe, resulting in destruction of the transplanted organ. may occur. Doctors detect it by measuring levels of digestive enzymes that are made in the pancreas enzymes and as well as sugar (glucose) and a protein called hemoglobin A1C in the blood (as for Diabetes Mellitus (DM) ). Other complicationsresult from the procedure. They include bleeding and blood clots in the vein that brings blood to the liver (portal vein). 