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Whipple Procedure - Articles
Update on my Dad
by
Michelle
Posted
Fri 18 Sep 2009 10:48pm
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On Tuesday my dad will have a catscan done of the surrounding blood vessels to see if it has spread there. If it hasn't spread to the blood vessels they will schedule him for a Whipple Procedure. If it has spread there I guess it's straight to chemo and radiation.
Of course we're praying that it was caught early enough and they can do this procedure; I'm thankful
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Treatments for Pancreatic Cancer
by
Better Health
Posted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 4:41pm
therapy
Stent
Surgical nerve block
Total pancreatectomy
Whipple procedure
These are just some of the treatments and procedures that are used to treat Pancreatic Cancer...
Here is a list of treatments and procedures that are commonly used to treat Pancreatic Cancer :
Acupressure
Acupuncture
Anti-itching treatments
Bile duct bypass
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The Waiting Game
by
Michelle
Posted
Mon 28 Sep 2009 10:37pm
, but there are spots that showed up on his liver. If the spots turn out to be cancerous too he won't be able to have the Whipple procedure. If they are just cysts they can do the procedure
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Having a long battle to pay the ...
by
Medical Quack
Posted
Mon 10 Nov 2008 4:24pm
Having a long battle to pay the bills...one more story, but the surgery did save his life. BD
His doctors thought he was among the lucky few with pancreatic cancer found early enough to be cured by surgery. But they warned him not to have the surgery in his home city, Albuquerque. They said the operation he needed, a Whipple procedure, was so
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What Works -- Part 2 -- Clinical Pathways
by
Paul L.
Posted
Tue 21 Oct 2008 12:51am
The Whipple procedure is a complicated and difficult surgical procedure. It is also called a pancreaticoduodenectomy, and it generally encompasses the removal... to the entire treatment process in many cases.
The introduction of the clinical pathway for Whipple procedures at BIDMC has had very positive results. Here is a summary of the data pre
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Optimizing Adjuvant Therapy for Resected Pancreatic Cancer
by
Cancer.gov
Posted
Mon 14 Jun 2010 9:00pm
is a complex surgical procedure called the Whipple procedure . However, most patients are not eligible for this treatment because the cancer has spread beyond the pancreas by the time it is diagnosed. Furthermore, about 80 percent of those who have the Whipple procedure relapse and die within 5 years due to the presence of microscopic deposits of tumor cells that remain
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CNS Whipple disease
by
Dr. Brian M.
Posted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 11:36pm
Somebody asked me the other day about CNS Whipple disease. I said that I thought it was an instestinal infection and didn't think it had a CNS manifestation. I thought wrong. Caused by Tropheryma whippelii, a gram positive intracellular actinomycete, Whipple disease of the CNS can cause various symptoms, including ophthalmoplegia.
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CNS Whipple's disease factsheet
by
Dr. Brian M.
Posted
Thu 02 Oct 2008 2:10pm
The topic of CNS Whipple’s disease came up in a recent email exchange, so I thought I’d share with you a fact sheet on the disease:
DESCRIPTION:
First described by George Whipple in 1907, Whipple disease is a multisystem disorder that usually includes the intestinal tract. The causative organism is a Gram-positive
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