What is a Whipple Operation?
The whipple operation involves “removing the head of the pancreas”. As you will note from the illustration the common bile duct, the ampulla, the duodenum are all integrally related to the head of the pancreas and all share their blood supply. Therefore the Whipple operation is a fairly complex operation removing portions of all these structures and then re-hooking these back up to a new loop of intestine. Dr. Allen Whipple was a Professor of Surgery at Columbia University in New York City who popularized this operation in the early 30’s. It has since undergone several minor modifications and therefore goes by different names as listed above. It is an operation that should only be done by experienced surgeons who do these routinely. Dr. Singh has been doing this operation for over 15 years with excellent outcomes. The average hospital stay ranges from 7-14 days.
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