Recently a team of Onco-surgeons conducted robotic whipple surgeries in pancreatic cancer patients. This method offers several advantages over conventional open surgery. It needs the small incision to access all the organs and thus the patient recovery is achieved in general ward reducing the total expenditure. However, the procedure still needs to be optimized for tumor removal and reconstruction process. Recently a team of onco-surgeons conducted one of the most challenging and complex robotic procedures 'robotic whipple' for pancreatic cancer.
The team conducted surgeries on three patients suffering from various stages and medical conditions. The highlight of these surgeries was the removal of heavy (12 cm* 9cm) advanced stage tumor in a 60- year old patient. These surgeries are also referred as pancreaticoduodenum, where the head of the pancreas is removed. Such surgeries use Da…
