Laparoscopic enucleation of a solitary pancreatic insulinoma.
Dexter SP, Martin IG, Leindler L, Fowler R, McMahon MJ.
Leeds Institute of Minimally Invasive Therapy, and Academic Unit of Surgery, 6th Floor, Wellcome Wing, The General Infirmary, Leeds, LS1 3EX, United Kingdom.
Insulinomas are usually small, benign tumors of the pancreas, often found in obese patients, which require an incision that is out of all proportion to the size of the lesion. A laparoscopic technique for enucleation of a pancreatic insulinoma is described.
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PMID: 10094758 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]