Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 13-16 , January 2003

Surgical complications of pancreatectomy for persistent hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia of infancy

Presented at the 49th Annual Congress of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons, Cambridge, England, July 23-26, 2002.

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☆ Address reprint requests to Miss H.F. McAndrew, MD FRCS(Paed Surg), Department of Surgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Great Ormond St, London, England, WC1N 3JH.

PII: S0022-3468(02)63009-X

doi: 10.1053/jpsu.2003.50001

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 13-16 , January 2003

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