What is Pancreatectomy?
Pancreatectomy removes part or, in selected cases, all of the pancreas when disease extent is not captured by a named Whipple or distal-pancreatectomy template. The named portion of pancreas is mobilised and removed. Reconstruction, if any remnant remains, joins pancreas to bowel. After total removal, biliary and intestinal joins are completed without a pancreatic anastomosis.





