Despite advances in cancer treatment, pancreatic cancer still has a poor prognosis and has one of the lowest survival rates of any cancer. The Whipple procedure, also called a pancreaticoduodenectomy, ...

Could you please give me your thoughts on Whipple surgery? I’d mainly like to know the risks of using robotics in the surgery ...

A: Whipple procedure (also known as a pancreaticoduodenectomy) is named for Allen Whipple, a surgeon who in the mid-1930’s pioneered an operation to remove the head of the pancreas, part of the ...

The Whipple procedure is most often used to treat pancreatic cancer. Surgeons may also use this procedure to treat some benign pancreatic tumors, especially if the tumor is causing symptoms or is at ...

In this Endo-Sketch, a Healio video series on clinical conditions named after famous colleagues, Klaus Mergener, MD, of the University of Washington School of Medicine, discusses the origin of the ...

A robotic Whipple procedure at MSK stopped Chris Scott (in Greece with his wife, Kathy) from developing pancreatic cancer. When Chris Scott met with his urologist in January 2022, he thought they’d ...

Dr. Bhagwandin's first robotic Whipple patient, Daniel Pelham, had a remarkable recovery, walking a mile just four days after ...

This History Maker article was written by the coauthors in collaboration with Dr. John Cameron and is based on several detailed discussions with Dr. Cameron. The paper focuses on Dr. Cameron's ...