Whipple Procedure - 3D Medical Animation

[bilalkhanable]

nice...............video



[momtois]

Hi MegaDowen

My husband had an ampullary tumor 2 years ago. They were sure it was cancerous and he went through a whipple surgery. It was very scary but it all went very very well. It didn't end up being cancerous, and as of now, he's back to normal. Good luck. I remember what a shock it was.

[acetylator]

Hi MegaDowen. I happen to be an abdominal surgeon. If the biopsy was positive for cancer, then Whipple procedure is the standard choice. What thez also need to do, however, is full staging procedure, which includes CT of the abdomen and thorax, to exclude metastases, which might influence the treatment.

[MegaDowen]

hello ...please answer my question my husband is 35 and he is beeing dyagnose with ampullary cancer and he is really scare and me two they want to do the whipple but they only done one byopsy on him no more test and doctor does not want to do more test on him he had jundance and now he has a stand ....should i take him to do more test or is one test enough to determine that tipe of cancer thank you...

[Driv3r96]

@MegaDowen I am not expert in these things, but i think 1 test is enough, because tumors don't "transform" into other types. But for this, you should ask a real doctor.

[Oscardana]

Why do they sew the stomach to the abdominal wall?

[VictorsMod]

@Oscardana Because they wanted to troll the patient.

[audirevidere]

i wasn't aware that the gb always comes out during this procedure. also, that seems like a pretty large/"healthy" margin of pancreas being taken out. i think that varies with the severity of the adenocarcinoma. i've never heard of the appendix being removed--i know during many abdominal procedures, it's considered an "incidental appendectomy" to do so... like, just doing it because you're there, but that raises an issue with whether or not they give/gave consent. thanks for the animation.

[polelandfitness]

They forgot to remove the gallbladder as well as the appendix.

[Scipio12345]

@polelandfitness Removing the appendix? We never remove the Appendix at a whipple operation O_O

But yeah, they really forgot the gallbladder.

[rmsanche]

they forgot about the removal of the gallbladder. its usually the first thing removed.

[Kandi0075]

Wow I had this surgery done.. looks different from what thay told me.... But I guess if that is what they had to do to try to get rid of cancer it is ok... explains why I cant eat alot

[oooTOFAooo]

@Kandi0075 it´s nice to have a patient inquiring about this issue. Hope you are ok and congrats for the succesfull QI

[panic1844]

@Kandi0075 how are u making out now???

[nitromenoob]

Pancreas with maple syrup tastes nice

[Over9000Wolf]

I love my pancreas!