Is laparoscopic enucleation the gold standard in selected cases with insulinoma?
We present the case of a 49-year-old male with the diagnosis of pancreatic insulinoma who underwent laparoscopic enucleation. The surgical procedure was completed successfully. The patient suffered from postoperative low-volume pancreatic fistula, which was self-limited. This was the first laparoscopic enucleation of an insulinoma in Turkey. The laparoscopic enucleation procedure is an appropriate method for superficially located pancreatic corpus and tail insulinomas.
Bozbora
Alp
A
Istanbul University Medical School, Department of General Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey.
Barbaros
Umut
U
Erbil
Yesim
Y
Ozarmagan
Selcuk
S
Mercan
Selcuk
S
D004210:Dissection / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007340:Insulinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography