What Is a Whipple Procedure? A Whipple procedure is the main surgery used to treat tumors in the head of the pancreas. Also called a pancreaticoduodenectomy, it’s named after Allen Whipple ...

What is a Whipple’s Procedure? A pancreatico-duodenectomy, commonly referred to as a Whipple’s procedure, is a complex surgery in which the main portion of the pancreas (the “head”) is ...

Whipple’s disease is a rare bacterial illness affecting multiple organs. Early diagnosis and long-term antibiotics are key to recovery.

Whipple procedures can take from six to eight hours - longer if the tumor is wrapped around blood vessels. Scar tissue complicated David's operation. "Like 15 to 16 hours," he notes of his surgery ...

Earl Whipple would have to live at least two more ... "I will never forgive you for what you've done to me, and it will scar me for the rest of my life." The judge said the girl showed "great ...