Pancreatic cancer

Often not detected until the late stages of disease. Symptoms resemble that of pancreatitis as well as loss or appetite and unintentional weight loss, jaundice, itching and digestive problems.

Surgical Treatment - Whipple's procedure (pancreatoduodenectomy)

This procedure involves removing the head of the pancreas, along with duodenum, gall bladder and top of the common bile duct, and possibly part of your stomach if required. The remaining pancreas, end of the bile ducts are connected to the small intestine.

Surgical Treatment - Distal Pancreatectomy

A procedure that can be performed as open or laparoscopic surgery. This removes the tail and if necessary some of the body of the pancreas in order to resect the tumour growth. In order to eradicate all traces of disease, often the spleen is also removed at the time of surgery.

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Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis
Pancreatic cancer
Spleen
Liver Cancer
Gall Bladder and Bile Duct Cancer

Consultants who undertake HPB surgery include:

Mr Ameet Patel www.londonhpb.co.uk
Mr Satvinder Mudan mudan@aol.com

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