Whipple procedure

Whipple procedure

Pancreaticoduodenectomy Surgery The removal of part or all of the pancreas, duodenum, proximal jejunum, distal stomach, common bile duct; it is the surgery of choice for periampullary pancreas CA. See Pancreas cancer.

Whipple procedure

((h)wip'el) [Allen Whipple, U.S. surgeon, 1881–1961] Pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Whipple procedure

Surgical removal of the head of the pancreas, part of the small intestine, and some surrounding tissue.Mentioned in: Pancreatic Cancer, Exocrine