Open Pancreatoduodenectomy (Whipple Procedure)
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Mayank Roy; Alejandro Cracco; Armando Rosales; Conrad H. Simpfendorfer
- Source
- Mental Conditioning to Perform Common Operations in General Surgery Training ISBN: 9783319911632
- Subject
- Whipple Procedure
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
General surgery
medicine
Patient positioning
Instrumentation (computer programming)
business
Laparoscopy
- Language
This chapter discusses technical aspects of open pancreatoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure), including instrumentation and equipment, patient positioning, and surgical steps. The authors also offer pearls and pitfalls.