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Contents
ABSTRACT 8
Ⅰ. Introduction 10
Ⅱ. Materials and Methods 12
2.1. Animals 12
2.2. Laboratory tests 13
2.3. Diagnostic imaging 14
2.4. Surgical procedure 16
2.5. Intra- and post-operative evaluation 19
2.6. Statical analysis 20
Ⅲ. Results 21
3.1. Patient data 21
3.2. Preoperative glucose level 24
3.3. Clinical signs 26
3.4. Histopathological views 27
3.5. Postoperative complications 28
3.6. Survival times 29
3.7. Correlation of survival rate with age, sex, tumor size, tumor location, tumor stage, and preoperative glucose level 31
Ⅳ. Discussion 34
Ⅴ. Conclusion 39
References 40
Abstract (in Korean) 43
Table 1. Distribution of breed, age, sex and body weight of 18 dogs. 22
Table 2. Area under the curve, standard error, 95% confidence Interval, and p value of preoperative glucose level. 32
Figure 1. Computed tomography images of pancreatic tumor and metastatic tumor in patient with pancreatic tumor inducing hypoglycemia. 15
Figure 2. Partial pancreatectomy using bipolar vessel sealing device. 18
Figure 3. Distribution of tumor size in 18 dogs. 23
Figure 4. Distribution of preoperative glucose level in 18 dogs. 25
Figure 5. Survival time of dog with pancreatic tumor after surgery. 30
Figure 6. Area under the receiver operating characteristics curve. 33