Role of Robotics in Whipple’s Surgery
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Whipple is one of the most demanding and complex surgeries of the abdomen. It is the most commonly performed operation for pancreatic cancer, the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States. For patients with benign as well as malignant pancreatic tumors, it is believed that the robotic Whipple procedure will be a major improvement over the traditional procedure. The robotic surgery involves five small incisions (one to accommodate a miniature camera), rather than a large incision and separation, not cutting of muscles.
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تاریخ انتشار 2012