Table 1.
Fast, diagnostic, and surgical data from patients undergoing CaStim at NIH from 1996–2008
Supervised fast data (n = 49) | |
Fast time, mean (range) | 16.5 (0.5–47.5) h |
End glucose, mean ± sd | 35.7 ± 6.7 mg/dl |
End insulin, mean (range) | 23.5 (2.3–141.0) μIU/ml |
End proinsulin, mean (range) | 227.6 (27–810.0) pmol/liter |
End C-peptide, mean (range) | 4.2 (1.1–16.5) ng/ml |
Diagnosis | |
Sporadic insulinoma | 39/45 (87) |
MEN-1 associated insulinoma | 3/45 (7) |
Metastatic insulinoma | 3/45 (7) |
Method of resection | |
Laparotomy | 40/45 (89) |
Laparoscopy | 5/45 (11) |
Type of resection | |
Enucleation | 35/45 (78) |
Distal pancreatectomy | 9/45 (20) |
Whipple’s | 1/45 (2) |
Surgical localization | |
Head and neck | 25/45 (56) |
Body and tail | 18/45 (40) |
Liver | 1/45 (2) |
Not localized | 1/45 (2) |
Surgical size, mean (range) | 1.8 (0.5–5.0) cm |
Data are expressed as number of patients/total patients (percentage), unless indicated differently.