Second transplant

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• The second transplant is performed after recovery from the first procedure.
• Some people might argue that with so many patients waiting for transplants, giving a patient a second transplant is risky and unfair.
• However, results after a second transplant are not as good as with a first transplant, and a second transplant is not always possible.
• Since graft success did not correlate with number of transplanted islets, the correction of blood glucose levels toward normoglycemia after the second transplantation suggests a mechanism by which the allotolerance to second transplant is facilitated by the first islet transplantation.
• To qualify as a , the patient as well as the family must agree that a second transplant is desirable.

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