whipple surgery
1Whipple's triad — is a collection of three criteria (called Whipple s criteria) that suggest a patient s symptoms result from hypoglycemia. The triad is stated in various versions, but the essential conditions are: #Symptoms known or likely to be caused by… …
2Whipple procedure — A type of surgery used to treat pancreatic cancer. The head of the pancreas, the duodenum, a portion of the stomach, and other nearby tissues are removed. The Whipple procedure is named for Allen O. Whipple, an American surgeon, 1881 1963 (not… …
3Whipple procedure — A type of surgery used to treat pancreatic cancer. The head of the pancreas, the duodenum, a portion of the stomach, and other nearby tissues are removed …
4Robotic surgery — A robotically assisted surgical system used for prostatectomies, cardiac valve repair and gynecologic surgical procedures Robotic surgery, computer assisted surgery, and robotically assisted surgery are terms for technological developments that… …
5Allen Whipple — Allen Oldfather Whipple (September 2, 1881 ndash;April 6, 1963) was an American surgeon who is known for the pancreatic cancer operation which bears his name (the Whipple procedure) as well as Whipple s triad.Whipple was born in Urmia, Iran (then …
6American Board of Surgery — The American Board of Surgery (ABS) is an independent, non profit organization based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania founded for the purpose of certifying surgeons who have met a defined standard of education, training and knowledge. Surgeons… …
7Procedure, Whipple — A type of surgery used to treat pancreatic cancer. The head of the pancreas, the duodenum, a portion of the stomach, and other nearby tissues are removed. The Whipple procedure is named for Allen O. Whipple, an American surgeon, 1881 1963 (not… …
8Pancreaticoduodenectomy — Interventions infobox Name = PAGENAME Caption = ICD10 = ICD9 = 52.7 MeshID = D016577 OtherCodes = A pancreaticoduodenectomy, pancreatoduodenectomycite journal |author=Fingerhut A, Vassiliu P, Dervenis C, Alexakis N, Leandros E |title=What is in a …
9medicine, history of — Introduction the development of the prevention and treatment of disease from prehistoric and ancient times to the 20th century. Medicine and surgery before 1800 Primitive (primitive culture) medicine and folklore Unwritten history is not… …
10Steve Jobs — For the biography, see Steve Jobs (biography). Steve Jobs …
