Virginia Mason now offers the totally laparoscopic Whipple procedure as an advanced surgical option for removing tumors from the head of the pancreas. Adnan Alseidi, MD performed the first totally ...

Patients with pancreatic cancer who underwent pancreatoduodenectomy, also known as the Whipple procedure, experienced shorter hospital stays with laparoscopic vs. open surgery in a randomized ...

Unlike conventional procedures that require large incisions, minimally invasive surgeries are performed through tiny openings ...

Keck School surgeons have become the first in the nation to successfully perform a Whipple procedure using hand-access laparoscopy. Dilip Parekh, M.D., chief of tumor and endocrine surgery and ...

ROCHESTER, Minnesota — Pancreatic cancer begins in the pancreas, which is located behind the stomach. It is often difficult to detect early because symptoms typically appear only after the cancer has ...

Medically reviewed by David Strosberg, MD Key Takeaways Recovery after a Whipple procedure takes about six to eight weeks.You ...

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 ...

A diagnosis of pancreatic cancer has one of the poorest outlooks for survival. According to experts, only six percent of people live beyond five years after their diagnosis, but a new laparoscopic ...

Laparoscopic surgery is a type of “minimally invasive” surgery involving very small incisions (0.5-1cm) as opposed to traditional surgery which uses larger cuts. In a laparoscopic procedure, the ...