Surgical approach to insulinomas: Are pre-operative localisation tests necessary?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 212-217

  Ravi, K ^a,b   Britton, B J ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHESTERFIELD ROYAL HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Insulinoma; Localisation; Surgical exploration; Whipple's triad

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINISM; INSULINOMA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PERITONITIS; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REOPERATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBPHRENIC ABSCESS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULINOMA; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34147100227     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588407X179008     Document Type: Article

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