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ArticleOpen medicine (Warsaw, Poland)2020

Treatment of Insulinomas by Laparoscopic Radiofrequency Ablation: Case Reports and Literature Review.

Changyu Yao, Xiangtao Wang, Yongli Zhang, Jian Kong, Jun Gao, Shan Ke, Xuemei Ding, Zonghai Xin, Wenlei Xu, Shaohong Wang and 1 more

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Article in Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. LAPAROTOMIC RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION OF PANCREATIC INSULINOMA.Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Changyu YaoDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, No. 5, Jingyuan Street, Beijing 100043, China.
Xiangtao WangDepartment of General Surgery, Zhanhua People's Hospital, Shandong Province, China.
Yongli ZhangDepartment of General Surgery, Zhanhua People's Hospital, Shandong Province, China.
Jian KongDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, No. 5, Jingyuan Street, Beijing 100043, China.
Jun GaoDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, No. 5, Jingyuan Street, Beijing 100043, China.
Shan KeDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, No. 5, Jingyuan Street, Beijing 100043, China.
Xuemei DingDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, No. 5, Jingyuan Street, Beijing 100043, China.
Zonghai XinDepartment of General Surgery, Zhanhua People's Hospital, Shandong Province, China.
Wenlei XuDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, No. 5, Jingyuan Street, Beijing 100043, China.
Shaohong WangDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, No. 5, Jingyuan Street, Beijing 100043, China.
Wenbing SunDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, No. 5, Jingyuan Street, Beijing 100043, China.
Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital · CNCapital Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite its rarity, insulinoma is the most common type of pancreatic endocrine neoplasm, with an occurrence of 1 to 5 per million per year in the population. Surgical resection or enucleation is the first line of curative treatment choice for insulinoma. Eight patients with symptomatic insulinomas treated by radiofrequency ablation have been described since 2009. In the past two years, we treated two patients with symptomatic insulinomas (one in the pancreatic tail and the other in the pancreatic neck) successfully using laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation. Both patients achieved complete elimination without any significant complications. Our study suggests laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation could be developed as a safe and effective alternative treatment to surgery for the patients with insulinomas who refuse or are not eligible for surgery.

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EfficacyInsulinomaLaparoscopyRadiofrequency ablationSafety

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PMID32104725
PMCPMC7029651
OpenAlexW3006518272

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