Pancreaticoduodenectomy

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Pancreaticoduodenectomy [r]: Also known as a Whipple procedure or duodenopancreatectomy, major abdominal surgery comprising the excision of the head of the pancreas and the encircling loop of the duodenum to which it is connected [e]

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