Pancreatic cancers are one of the least curable cancers because they have spread before they show symptoms. Treatment and 5-year life expectancy of patients undergoing Whipple surgery increase.
What is Whipple Surgery?
Pancreatico duodenomy or Whipple surgery, with its special name, is generally used in the treatment of cancers located in the head of the pancreas, of the pancreas and small intestine. It is a complex operation performed to remove a part of the gallbladder.
After the Whipple surgery, surgeons connect the remaining parts of the digestive tract so that the patient's digestive activities can function normally again. This surgery is also used in tumors and other disorders of the pancreas, small intestine and bile duct. The surgery should be performed in full-fledged hospitals that can perform such large, risky and complex surgeries. It is a difficult operation for both the patient and the surgeon. It is a surgical procedure that can take a very long time.
Patients who have undergone Whipple and similar surgeries are treated and followed up in Florence Nightingale Hospitals by a multidisciplinary team consisting of gastroenterology, radiology, pathology, and oncology branches as well as Liver-Biliary Tract Surgeons.
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