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A pancreaticoduodenectomy, pancreatoduodenectomy, Whipple procedure, or Kausch-Whipple procedure, is a major surgical operation involving the removal of the head of the pancreas, the duodenum, the proximal jejunum, gallbladder, and part of the stomach.
Whipple procedure (pancreaticoduodenectomy) This is the most common operation to remove a cancer of the exocrine pancreas. It also sometimes is used to treat pancreatic NETs. During this operation, the surgeon removes the head of the pancreas and sometimes the body of the pancreas as well.