Whipple Surgery

This year an estimated 37,000 new cases of pancreatic cancer will be diagnosed in this country Since there is no screening test for pancreas cancer. It is rarely detected in the early stages in the list of cancers That cause death in this country Pancreas cancer is number four It is not the fourth most common But it is the fourth leading cause of cancer death Printerly because it is a very tough cancer to treat effectively people who have the diagnosis are very commonly diagnosed late in the stage of the disease

When it's very difficult to cure it if the cancer has not spread beyond the pancreas a pancreatic Oduo-Denectomy more commonly known as a whipple could be an option It involves removing not only the cancer But the tissues and the immediate vicinity of the cancer that are at risk of harboring some cancer cells So this is an operation that is done with curative intent during this webcast from the University of Maryland Medical Center You'll be able to watch the many intricate steps doctor Richard Alexander must accomplish to remove the cancer

O.R. Live makes it easy for you to learn more Just click on the request information button on your webcast screen and open the door to informed medical care Now let's join dr. Richard Alexander at the University of Maryland Medical Center Hello, my name is Adrienne Park I'm the head of general surgery here at the University of Maryland where we have on our faculty some of the leading Experts in the country in the fields of minimally invasive surgery gastrointestinal surgery endocrine surgery bariatric surgery and surgical oncology You will be meeting one of our surgical oncologists

Dr. Richard Alexander in a few moments as he describes a Whipple procedure for you right here We are in the mastery center, which is the University of Maryland advanced simulation training research and innovation center where among other things we're engaged in teaching students teaching surgical residents teaching surgeons and practice and other allied health professionals How best to look after patients of varying degrees of complexity in an entirely simulated environment as you can see here Where we actually have as one portion of the mastery center an entirely simulated forward

Army or military Medical unit and so from the mastery center here at the University of Maryland We'll now go to the operating room where dr. Richard Alexander will take you through this case