Hypoglycemia surgery
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Hypoglycemia surgery On the Web |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Surgical removal of the overactive part of the pancreas is curative with minimal risk when hyperinsulinism is focal or due to a benign insulin-producing tumor of the pancreas. When congenital hyperinsulinism is diffuse and refractory to medications, near-total pancreatectomy may be the treatment of last resort, but in this condition is less consistently effective and fraught with more complications.