Background: An insulinoma is a functional neuroendocrine pancreatic tumor, and surgical resection is indicated. Robot-assisted laparoscopic surgeries have been shown to be generally safe and feasible for treatment of pediatric cases of urologic and digestive disease. Case presentation: In July 2016, a 9-year-old girl (24 kg, 120 cm) was admitted with a pancreatic tail insulinoma and underwent robot-assisted spleen-preserving laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy. The total procedure time was 155 min, and the blood loss was about 10 ml. The patient recovered without complications. Conclusions: This case supports that robot-assisted spleen-preserving laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy may be safe and feasible in pediatric insulinoma patients.
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Hu, M. G., Xiao, Y. H., Song, D. D., Zhao, G. D., Liu, Y. Z., Wang, Z., … Liu, R. (2017). First experience of robotic spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy in a child with insulinoma. World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12957-017-1265-6
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