Question

A client who was recently diagnosed with carcinoma of the pancreas and is having a procedure in which the head of the pancreas is removed. in addition, the surgeon will remove the duodenum and stomach, redirecting the flow of secretions from the stomach, gallbladder, and pancreas into the middle section of the small intestine. what procedure is this client having performed?

Answer 1

There are choices for this question namely: 

a) Total pancreatectomy
b) Cholecystojejunostomy
c) Radical pancreatoduodenectomy
d) Distal pancreatectomy

The correct answer is Radical Pancreaticoduodenectomy. This surgical procedure involves the dissection of the head of the pancreas as well as the duodenum and the stomach. The three structures will be joined together as to make the secretions of the pancreas, gall bladder (through the duodenum) and the stomach go be secreted on the middle portion of the small intestine. This reroutes the secretions to bypass the diseased parts of the organs.