Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Diffuse congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) is a major cause of severe hypoglycaemia. One treatment option is near-total pancreatectomy, which carries a risk of diabetes mellitus (DM) and pancreatic exocrine insufficiency.Objective: We report our centre’s experience on 36 consecutive medically unresponsive diffuse CHI children managed with near-total pancreatectomy.Methods: Following near-total pancreatectomy, these...