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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.
The Whipple procedure is perhaps the most complex and misunderstood of all abdominal operations. This complexity relates to the need for removal of the pancreatic head, the entire duodenum, the lower bile duct, the gallbladder, and at times, a portion of the stomach.