Chronic pancreatitis, marked by persistent abdominal pain and compromised quality of life, is commonly treated with surgery or endoscopy. A randomised trial, initially conducted in the Netherlands ...
Now, all three siblings have undergone a specialist pancreatitis surgery in which the pancreas is removed and insulin-producing islet cells are harvested and infused into the liver. "Once the ...
Pancreatic cancer that has not spread beyond the pancreas is typically treated with a surgical technique known as the Whipple procedure. This is a large surgery that involves removing the head of ...