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 ...

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 ...

Could you please give me your thoughts on Whipple surgery? I’d mainly like to know the risks of using robotics in the surgery and if it is much better than traditional surgery. But I’d appreciate your ...

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 ...

Small, yet significant, advances are reshaping pancreatic cancer treatment. Susan Smith is hopeful. For the first time in years, a new drug combination has put her pancreatic cancer back into ...

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 ...

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 ...