GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -You can live without your pancreas, but you’ll have to take medicines to replace what it does in your body. Thanks to new medicines, life expectancy after pancreas removal surgery is rising. Your pancreas makes substances that control your blood sugar and help your body digest foods.

Detailed explanation-2: -The five year survival rate for stage 1 and 2 pancreatic cancer is 12%, which means 12 out of 100 people are still alive after 5 years. For people who have surgery to remove the cancer, the one year survival rate is about 73% and the five year survival rate is about 20%.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pancreas and kidney transplants Your original pancreas and kidneys are typically left in place unless they’re causing complications. A pancreas transplant is a surgical procedure to place a healthy pancreas from a deceased donor into a person whose pancreas no longer functions properly.

Detailed explanation-4: -Abstract. Background: Mortality in chronic pancreatitis is higher than in the general population, the 10-year survival after diagnosis is estimated between 69-80%.