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Focused Ultrasound Therapy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Focused ultrasound is a noninvasive, therapeutic technology with the potential to improve the quality of life and decrease the cost of care for patients with insulinoma. This novel technology focuses beams of ultrasonic energy precisely and accurately on targets deep in the body without damaging surrounding normal tissue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How it Works<\/strong>
Where the beams converge, focused ultrasound produces precise ablation (thermal destruction of tissue) enabling insulinoma to be treated without surgery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advantages<\/strong>
The primary treatment of insulinoma is surgery, although medications may be needed post operatively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For certain patients, focused ultrasound could provide a noninvasive alternative to surgery with less risk of complications \u2013 such as surgical wound healing or infection \u2013 at a lower cost. It can reach the desired target without damaging surrounding tissue and is repeatable, if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With more clinical experience, focused ultrasound could potentially replace surgery as a primary option.\u00a0In a\u00a0case report<\/strong><\/a>, two patients had successful treatment of insulinomas. Neither required any medication post treatment, and there were no complications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clinical Trials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At the present time, there are no clinical trials recruiting patients for focused ultrasound treatment of insulinoma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Foundation updates these pages regularly, but with the increasing number of clinical trials, we want to be sure that our audience has the latest information available. Therefore, we also added the website search information for the above trials. If you click here<\/strong><\/a>, it will take you to the latest information available from https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regulatory Approval and Reimbursement <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Focused ultrasound treatment for insulinoma is not yet approved by regulatory bodies or covered by medical insurance companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notable Papers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mele C, Brunani A, Damascelli B, Tich\u00e0 V, Castello L, Aimaretti G, Scacchi M, Marzullo P. Non-surgical ablative therapies for inoperable benign insulinoma.<\/a> J Endocrinol Invest. 2017 Jul 28. doi: 10.1007\/s40618-017-0738-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gianluigi OrgeraEmail author, Miltiadis Krokidis, Lorenzo Monfardini, Guido Bonomo, Paolo Della Vigna, Nicola Fazio, Franco Orsi. High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumours: Report of Two Cases. <\/a>CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology. April 2011, Volume 34, Issue 2, pp 419\u2013423<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Balawejder M, Sk\u00f3rkowska-Telichowska K, Kuniej T, Tuchendler R. Insulinoma located in the head of the pancreas: Is there an alternative to surgery?<\/a> International Journal of Case Reports and Images 2014;5(4):285\u2013294.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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