Challenging Venus Anatomy of the Uncinate Process During a Whipple: Is the Robotic Platform Making the Dissection Easier?
Valentina Valle, MD; Alberto Mangano, MD; Roberto E. Bustos, MD; Gabriela M. Aguiluz, MD; Eduardo Fernandes, MD, PhD, FRCS; Pier Giulianotti, MD, FACS
| Product Details | |
| Product ID: | ACS-5980 |
| Year Produced: | 2019 |
| Length: | 9 min. |
82 y.o. female patient admitted to the hospital for jaundice and pruritus. TC scan showed a pancreatic head mass. Prior to surgery, she underwent to endoscopic biliary stent placement.
Past Surgical History: Total thyroidectomy for cancer.
Procedure performed: Robotic Pancreaticoduodenectomy. Overall estimated blood loss: 100 ml. No blood transfusions were necessary. Uneventful post-operatorycourse. Discharge in the 8th POD.
Permanent pathology: well differentiated ductal adenocarcinoma (3.2x2.1x1.7 cm), pT2, pN2. Resection margin: tumor free.
