Pancreatic Surgery in Children

Background: Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis (ARP) and Chronic Pancreatitis (CP) may cause abdominal pain, malnutrition, opioid dependency, and impairment in quality of life. Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation (TPIAT) is an opt

Unlike other solid-organ transplants, whole pancreas transplantation in children is relatively rare, and it occurs more frequently in the context of multivisceral or composite organ transplantation. Because children only infrequently suffer

Allen O. Whipple was an American surgeon who popularized the pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure) for periampullary cancer, which remains the gold standard for pancreatic tumor resections. Whipple was educated at Princeton University