caa a22 4500 475752252 CHVBK 20180406123527.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s005950070124 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s005950070124 The effectiveness of administering a minimal dose of octreotide long-term prior to surgery for insulinoma: Report of a case [Elektronische Daten] [Yuji Tanaka, Hiroomi Funahashi, Tsuneo Imai, Takayoshi Naruse, Kazuyoshi Suzumura, Yasushi Oda] We report herein the case of an 80-year-old woman with insulinoma who was regarded as an unsuitable candidate for immediate surgery due to her advanced age and obesity, for whom octreotide, a long-acting analogue of somatostatin, was used to improve her hypoglycemia and hyperinsulinemia without hyperalimentation. Administering a minimal dose of octreotide for a long period resulted in the improvement of leg edema, weight control, and cardiopulmonary function, and resection of the pancreatic tumor was safely carried out without any complications. Springer-Verlag, 2000 insulinoma nationallicence obesity nationallicence octreotide nationallicence somatostatin nationallicence Tanaka Yuji First Department of Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, 480-1195, Aichi, Japan aut Funahashi Hiroomi Department of Surgery II, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Showa-ku, 466-8550, Nagoya, Japan aut Imai Tsuneo Department of Surgery II, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Showa-ku, 466-8550, Nagoya, Japan aut Naruse Takayoshi First Department of Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, 480-1195, Aichi, Japan aut Suzumura Kazuyoshi First Department of Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, 480-1195, Aichi, Japan aut Oda Yasushi First Department of Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, 480-1195, Aichi, Japan aut Surgery Today Springer-Verlag 30/6(2000-06-01), 541-543 0941-1291 30:6<541 2000 30 595 https://doi.org/10.1007/s005950070124 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s005950070124 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tanaka Yuji First Department of Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, 480-1195, Aichi, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Funahashi Hiroomi Department of Surgery II, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Showa-ku, 466-8550, Nagoya, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Imai Tsuneo Department of Surgery II, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Showa-ku, 466-8550, Nagoya, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Naruse Takayoshi First Department of Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, 480-1195, Aichi, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Suzumura Kazuyoshi First Department of Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, 480-1195, Aichi, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Oda Yasushi First Department of Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, 480-1195, Aichi, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Surgery Today Springer-Verlag 30/6(2000-06-01), 541-543 0941-1291 30:6<541 2000 30 595 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer