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WHIPPLE'S PROCEDURE: IS IT JUSTIFIED?
Author(s) -
Robertson Amanda J.,
Collier Neil A.,
Sherson Noel D.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1993.tb00447.x
Subject(s) - medicine , general surgery
Debate continues as to the appropriateness of the Whipple procedure. This retrospective review confirms that it is a worthwhile operation when done by experienced surgeons on suitable patients. Meticulous intra‐operative technique must be followed by judicious postoperative care. in this series of 27 Whipple operations major morbidity occurred in 26% of cases. Leakage from the pancreatic anastomosis was infrequent (11%). Various anastomotic techniques were used, depending on the findings at operation. There were no peri‐operative deaths and five‐year actuarial survival is 63%.