Whipple surgery

Whipple Surgery Complications, Recovery Period, Prognosis

What is Whipple surgery? Whipple Procedure Complications of Whipple Procedure The Whipple procedure is associated with an operative mortality of 2 to 5% even when performed by the most experienced surgeons. The risk of operative mortality and morbidity has been found to be higher in hospitals where the procedure is >> Read More ...

Whipple Procedure – Surgery and Reconstruction

Whipple surgery is the procedure conducted for operable cancers of the pancreas. The procedure involves removal of the head, neck and uncinate process of pancreas along with the lower end of stomach, pylorus, the distal common bile duct, the entire duodenum and often the gall bladder. The reconstruction procedure is also >> Read More ...

What is Whipple surgery? Reasons for Whipple procedure

Whipple surgery is a major surgical procedure involving the gastrointestinal organs like the distal part of stomach (latter portion), part of pancreas and duodenum (first part of the small intestine). The medical term for Whipple surgery is pancreaticoduodenectomy. It is a standard procedure for certain cases of pancreatic >> Read More ...