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	MUSC DDC - Surgeries
		In the Whipple procedure, portions of the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract are removed.
		The most common complications from a Whipple procedure include bleeding, infection, leakage from where the pancreas is sewn to the intestine, and delay in function of the stomach.
		It should also be noted that a Whipple procedure is sometimes performed for benign disease in order to control pain from pancreatitis or to remove a premalignant tumor that may progress to invasive cancer with time.
	www.ddc.musc.edu /ddc_pub/patientInfo/surgeries/whipple.htm (992 words)

	Allen Whipple - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Allen Oldfather Whipple, M.D. September 2, 1881–April 6, 1963) is an American surgeon who is known for the pancreatic cancer operation which bears his name (the Whipple procedure) as well as Whipple's triad.
		Whipple was born in Urmia, Iran (then called Persia).
		He began work on the procedure for resection of the pancreas (pancreaticoduodenectomy) in 1935 and his original technique has since been modified greatly.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Allen_Whipple (198 words)

	Whipple operation/surgery
		In the Whipple operation the head of the pancreas, a portion of the bile duct, the gallbladder and the duodenum is removed.
		At present this procedure may be offered at USC to selected patients with chronic pancreatitis, cystic tumors and islet cell tumors of the pancreas and patients who have ampullary cancer.
		whipple operation may also sometimes be performed for patients with benign (non-cancerous) disorders such as chronic pancreatitis and benign tumors of the head of the pancreas.
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	Recovery procedure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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	Whipple Procedure
		Whipple Procedure (also called pancreaticoduodenectomy) sometimes entails removal of the entire pancreas, called a total Whipple Procedure, but more often involves removal of part of the pancreas, which is called a subtotal Whipple Procedure, or distal Whipple Procedure, when the body and tail of the pancreas are removed.
		When the duodenum is removed along with all or part of the pancreas, the procedure is called a Whipple Procedure, which surgeons sometimes refer to as "Whipple's procedure." Whipple Procedure is being used increasingly for treatment of a variety of malignant and benign diseases of the pancreas.
		Whipple Procedure is sometimes necessary when the pancreas has been severely injured by trauma, especially injury to the body and tail of the pancreas.
	www.cancer-symptoms.org /cancer-treatments/whipple-procedure.htm (444 words)

	Whipple: Details, Preparation & Recovery: BCM Dept of Surgery
		Also called a pancreaticoduodenectomy, the Whipple procedure is performed to address chronic pancreatitis and cancer of the pancreas, ampulla of Vater, duodenum, and the distal bile duct.
		The Whipple procedure involves removing the cancerous parts of the pancreas, duodenum, common bile duct, and if required, part of the stomach.
		The overall goal of the Whipple procedure is to remove the head of the pancreas and the attached section of the small intestine.
	www.debakeydepartmentofsurgery.org /home/content.cfm?proc_name=whipple&content_id=272 (764 words)

	Encyclopedia: Whipple procedure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It has been suggested that Whipple procedure be merged into this article or section.
		Whipple procedure: A type of surgery used to treat pancreatic cancer.
		The Whipple procedure is named for Allen O. Whipple, an American surgeon, 1881-1963 (not George Whipple, the Nobel Prize-winning pathologist, who described Whipple disease).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Whipple_procedure (731 words)

	[P&S Medical Review:Nov:93] The Whipple Procedure - 1935 to 1993
		Whipple gained confidence operating on the pancreas after successfully operating on patients with insulinomas.
		Although an anastomosis to the pancreas is currently incorporated into the Whipple Procedure, it remains the Achilles' Heel of pancreaticoduodenectomy.
		Currently, the Whipple Procedure is done far more often for carcinoma of the head of the pancreas than for these other, rare lesions.
	cpmcnet.cpmc.columbia.edu /news/review/archives/medrev_v1n1_0006.html (664 words)

	Whipple Procedure: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Boston, Hospital, pancreas, pancreatic, cancer, surgery, ...
		The Whipple procedure, also called pancreaticoduodenectomy, is a technically intricate procedure that should be performed by specialists in this area.
		The median length of stay for the last 53 patients undergoing the Whipple procedure (1996-1997 experience) by surgeons in our Division is 9 days, with in-hospital operative mortality of less than 2%.
		The Whipple procedure or pancreaticoduodenectomy is an operation to remove a part of the pancreas know as the head (see figure 1).
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	MEDICAL NEWS TIPS: March 1996
		The study involved 64 patients who underwent the Whipple procedure and had some cancer tissue remaining after surgery, and 62 patients who underwent a bile duct or gastric bypass instead of the Whipple procedure because the whole tumor could not be removed.
		In the Whipple procedure, part of the pancreas, all of the duodenum, gallbladder, bile duct and sometimes part of the stomach are removed.
		The one-, two- and three-year survival rates for Whipple procedure patients were 63 percent, 16 percent and six percent, versus 39 percent, eight percent and zero for bypass patients, according to the study, which recently was presented at a meeting of the Southern Surgical Association.
	www.hopkinsmedicine.org /press/1996/MARCH/199601.HTM (995 words)

	Pancreatic Cancer Whipple Procedure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Whipple procedure.(for treating pancreatic cancer) Dr. John Cameron, chief of surgery at Johns Hopkins...
		A surgery known as the Whipple procedure or pancreaticoduodenectomy is...
		Whipple Procedure Whipple Procedure Pancreatic Cancer and Pancreatitis INTRODUCTION Surgical removal of tumors of...
	www.pancreatic-cancer.info /pancreatic-cancer/pancreatic-cancer-whipple-procedure.html (354 words)

	Medicine: Keck School surgeons achieve a first
		Dilip Parekh, chief of tumor and endocrine surgery, recently completed a Whipple procedure - a highly complex surgery on the pancreas, small intestine and bile ducts - using hand-access laparoscopy.
		Parekh said one surgeon attempted a Whipple procedure using traditional laparoscopic techniques in the early 1990s, but the procedure took two- to three-times longer than usual to complete.
		Whipple procedures are usually considered grueling for patients, who often face significant pain, as well as a long recovery.
	www.usc.edu /uscnews/stories/7588.html (914 words)

	Whipple procedure - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Pancreaticoduodenectomy.
		It was named for American surgeon Dr. Allen Whipple who devised the procedure in 1935 and subsequently came up with multiple refinements to his technique.
		Using modern operating techniques, mortality from a Whipple procedure is around 5% nationwide (3% in high volume academic centers).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Whipple_procedure (274 words)

	Surgery for Resectable Pancreas Cancer: The Whipple Procedure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The most common surgical procedure used is the Whipple procedure, also known as a pancreaticoduodenectomy.
		The Whipple procedure requires between four to seven hours of surgery.
		A total pancreatectomy, also known as a double Whipple, removes the entire pancreas, portions of the stomach and small intestine, the common bile duct, the gallbladder and surrounding lymph nodes.
	www.treatments-for-pancreatic-cancer.com /html/surgical-options.php3 (465 words)

	Guthrie - Services - Gastroenterology & Hepatology
		A Whipple procedure is an operation in which the upper portion of the pancreas (the head) is removed.
		During a Whipple procedure, a portion of the bile duct, duodenum, gallbladder and sometimes a part of the stomach are removed in order to remove the head of the pancreas, which is attached to the bile duct and duodenum.
		The bile duct, a tubular structure that carries bile (important for digestion of food and excretion of toxins) from the liver to the duodenum, is sewn to the intestine during a Whipple procedure and bile flow is re-established into the intestine.
	www.guthrie.org /Services/gastroent/Whipple.asp (1432 words)

	Cancer Forums - Pancreatic Cancer Forum - Use of Xeloda and radiation after Whipple Procedure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Dr. Vickers did a Whipple procedure, and the chief pathologist inspected the removed parts, and noted that the tumor was categorized as a T1, and while the pancreas was not yet involved, that there was an attack on one of thirteen removed lymph nodes and also on one nerve bundle.
		The Whipple procedure removed all of that and a lot more, so there is hope that they got it all, except for the inevitable microscopic particles that no one can be sure of.
		The third treatment was the Whipple procedure, where they removed the gall bladder, the head of the pancreas, about a foot of small intestine, part of the stomach, and every lymph node they could reach.
	www.cancerforums.net /about367.html (2348 words)

	Directory of open access journals
		AIM: Whether operative procedure is a risk factor influencing recurrence following resection of carcinoma in the head of pancreas or not remains controversies.
		In this text we compared the recurrence rate of two operative procedure: the Whipple procedure and extended radical operation, and inquired into the factors influencing recurrence after radical resection.
		The death rate was 51.4% in the Whipple procedure and 42.9% in the Extended radical operative procedure.
	www.doaj.org /abstract?id=90610&toc=y (213 words)

	The Pancreas -- The Whipple Operation
		When the cancer or the area of inflammation involves the head of the pancreas, that portion must be removed and, for the most part, that involves performing the Whipple Procedure.
		In the "Standard Whipple Procedure," part of the stomach is also removed while, in the "Pylorus-Preserving Whipple Procedure," the entire stomach is retained.
		Fortunately, gastric emptying returns to normal in virtually all of the patients who develop it after the Whipple Procedure and, eventually, all are able to eat normally.
	www.pancreasdisease.com /pages/pancreas_whipple.htm (1727 words)

	Steve Jobs has surgery for Pancreatic cancer
		This is interesting to me, since just 2 months ago today, I had a Whipple Procedure (and in my case as well, it was not for an adenocarcinoma, but rather a possible future adenocarcinoma in the stomach and duodenum as well as polyps growing into my bile duct).
		Generally, when you have any sort of pancreatic tumor, they perform a Whipple procedure, which removes the duodenum, at least part of the pancreas and sometimes part of the stomach.
		Also the Whipple surgery, as I understand it, is performed primarily on the adrenocarcinoma tumers descovered early enough to be determined "operable".
	weblogs.asp.net /dreilly/archive/2004/08/01/204568.aspx (1067 words)

	Whipple - Dave Whipple Appraisals
		Defines pancreas cancer surgery options, focusing on the Whipple procedure, which removes a portion of the pancreas and small intestine.
		Whipple and Leland E. Cunningham determined a perihelion date of 1933 July 8.43 and an Whipple and Cunningham revised the orbit during the early days of
		Whipple's disease (aka Tropheryma whippelli) was first discussed in 1907 at the The diagnosis of Whipple's disease has been based upon identification of
	ezlookfor.com /ezlf/whipple.htm (411 words)

	chronic pancreatitis and whipple procedure - ABC Homeopathy Forum
		in 2001 i was told that there was a "lump" on the head of my pancreas and the surgeon i was sent to said that he had to do the whipple procedure as soon as possible and that i could not even wait for a biopsy.
		i had never heard of the whipple procedure and was very frightened that the lump could be cancerous.
		the lump was removed with the whipple procedure and was not cancerous.
	www.abchomeopathy.com /forum2.php/42183 (1152 words)

	Whipple Patients Report Good Quality of Life After Surgery
		Responding to mailed surveys, patients who underwent a so-called "Whipple" procedure graded their physical, psychological and social well-being at an average 79 to 81 out of a possible 100 percent.
		Responses were tallied from 188 Whipple survivors, 37 laparoscopic gallbladder surgery patients and 31 healthy individuals.
		Looking at social issues, Whipple survivors ranked their quality of life at an 81, compared with an 84 among laparoscopic surgery patients and an 83 among healthy individuals.
	www.hopkinsmedicine.org /press/2000/JANUARY/000111.HTM (494 words)

	More About Our Treatment Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This means that it performs a significant number of pancreaticoduodenectomies or Whipple procedures every year.
		One such study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in April 2002 found a 16 percent mortality rate from the Whipple procedure nationwide performed at very low volume hospitals, or hospitals that do 1 Whipple procedure per year.
		Virginia Mason, a very high volume hospital, performs 40 or more Whipple procedures per year and has a mortality rate of 0 over the past decade.
	www.vmmc.org /dbPancreaticCancer/sec180476.htm (449 words)

	June issue.indd
		Whipple's resection) have improved significantly in recent years, and specialist units aim to achieve a procedure-related mortality of less than 5 per cent.
		The classical 'Whipple’s operation' involves an 'en-bloc' resection of the pancreatic head, together with the distal stomach and omentum, the duodenum and upper jejunum, and the distal biliary tree including the gall bladder.
		It is debatable, however, whether a gastric bypass procedure is necessary in these patients as Brennan's group in New York recently reported that only 3 of 155 patients with irresectable pancreatic cancer at the time of staging laparoscopy later presented with biliary or gastric obstruction.
	www.rcsed.ac.uk /journal/vol47%5F3/4730003.html (8208 words)

	asiansurgeryplastic.com : results for surgery procedure whipple, asian surgery procedure whipple, surgery procedure ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The results showed that a supplemental enzyme preparation is best for patients with chronic pancreatitis and those who underwent Whipple's procedure (a...
		Whipple procedure: This is done when the pancreatic cancer is in the head or...
		Outcome after duodenum-preserving pancreatic head resection is improved compared with classic Whipple procedure in the treatment of chronic pancreatitis...
	asiansurgeryplastic.com /page6_surgery%20procedure%20whipple.html (269 words)

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