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. 2019 Dec;8(6):766–772. doi: 10.21037/gs.2019.12.07

Table 3. Literature data on insulinomas local destruction methods.

Author Year No. of cases Treatment method Reason of refusal of conventional surgical intervention
A. Scott (11) 2002 1 Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) Severe somatic state
C. Jurgensen (12) 2006 1 Ethanol ablation under EUS control Severe somatic state
P. H. Deprez (13) 2008 1 Ethanol ablation Severe somatic state
S. Limmer (14) 2009 1 RFA Severe somatic state
S. Akhlaghpoor (15) 2011 1 RFA Adhesion process/refuse of surgery
F. P. Vleggaar (16) 2011 1 Ethanol ablation Risk of intraoperative complications
M. J. Levy (17) 2012 8 Ethanol ablation Whipple procedure/severe somatic state
C. Schnack (18) 2012 1 Ethanol ablation under EUS control Severe somatic state
V. Procházka (19) 2012 1 RFA Severe somatic state
M.J. Lee (20) 2013 1 Ethanol ablation under EUS control Multiple pancreatic lesions MEN-1 associated
R. Bor (21) 2014 1 Ethanol ablation under EUS control Severe somatic state
S. Rossi (22) 2014 2 RFA Severe somatic state/refuse of surgery
S. Y. Qin (23) 2014 4 Ethanol ablation under EUS control Patient refuse of surgery
O. T. Chen (24) 2015 1 MWA Severe somatic state: lung cancer stage 4
S. Lakhtakia (25) 2016 3 RFA Severe somatic state
D. Yang (26) 2015 4 Ethanol ablation under EUS control Severe somatic state/refuse of surgery
W. H. Paik (27) 2016 3 Ethanol ablation under EUS control Severe somatic state/pancreas resection in medical history
G. Trikudanathan (28) 2016 1 Ethanol ablation under EUS control Severe somatic state
J. A. Waung (29) 2016 1 RFA Severe somatic state
F. Bas-Cutrina (30) 2017 1 RFA Severe somatic state/refuse of surgery
K. Burghardt (31) 2018 1 Ethanol ablation under EUS control Severe somatic state/refuse of surgery
K. Dąbkowski (32) 2017 1 Ethanol ablation under EUS control Severe somatic state
Y. Luo (33) 2017 1 Ethanol ablation under EUS control Distal pancreatectomy in medical history with no effect
M. Mittal (34) 2017 1 Ethanol ablation under EUS control Severe somatic state
A. de Sousa Lages (35) 2017 1 Ethanol ablation under EUS control Severe somatic state