title: Laparoscopic excision of distal pancreas including insulinoma.
abstract: A case of sporadic occult insulinoma treated by laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy using a laparoscopic ultrasound probe to facilitate localization of the insulinoma and a laparoscopic surgical stapler to transect the pancreas is presented. This is believed to be the first case description of a laparoscopic pancreatic resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Sussman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Christie
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Whittle
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007340:Insulinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*