Whipple procedure AKA?

Whipple procedure AKA?

• A. Pancreaticoduodenectomy
• B. Distal Pancreatectomy
• C. Pancreatic Enucleation
• D. Total Pancreatectomy

Answer: (A)

The Whipple procedure is a pancreaticoduodenectomy. It’s a major operation that removes the head of the pancreas along with the duodenum and often parts of the stomach, bile duct, and gallbladder, followed by reconstruction to reconnect the remaining pancreas, bile duct, and stomach to the digestive tract. It’s commonly done for cancers in the head of the pancreas or near the ampulla of Vater. This differs from other pancreatic surgeries: removing the body and tail of the pancreas is a distal pancreatectomy; taking out just a small lesion from the pancreas is pancreatic enucleation; and removing all of the pancreas is a total pancreatectomy.

The Whipple procedure is a pancreaticoduodenectomy. It’s a major operation that removes the head of the pancreas along with the duodenum and often parts of the stomach, bile duct, and gallbladder, followed by reconstruction to reconnect the remaining pancreas, bile duct, and stomach to the digestive tract. It’s commonly done for cancers in the head of the pancreas or near the ampulla of Vater.

This differs from other pancreatic surgeries: removing the body and tail of the pancreas is a distal pancreatectomy; taking out just a small lesion from the pancreas is pancreatic enucleation; and removing all of the pancreas is a total pancreatectomy.