Message Number: SG11351 | New FHL Archives Search
From: mjanke@miamiferret.org
Date: 2004-11-08 00:37:19 UTC
Subject: RE: correction to original post, Dealing with insulinoma, help
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <2286180.1099874239510.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>

Author wrote:
> We've seen very large differences in surgery results among vets.

I have no doubts that some vets are better surgeons in these cases than others. However, if there are microscopic insulinomas dispersed throughout the pancreas, no surgeon can correct this. This is, after all, why we remove part of the pancreas...in the hopes of getting the most insulinomas.

mike