title: Is laparoscopic enucleation the gold standard in selected cases with insulinoma?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Istanbul University Medical School, Department of General Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Alp
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bozbora
authors.forename: Umut
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Barbaros
authors.forename: Yesim
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Erbil
authors.forename: Selcuk
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozarmagan
authors.forename: Selcuk
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mercan
mesh_terms: 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