Totally Laparoscopic Whipple's Operation: Initial Report from the Caribbean

Yardesh Singh; Shamir O Cawich; Sidiyq Mohammed; Thivy Kuruvilla; Vijay Naraynsingh

doi:10.7759/cureus.7401

Totally Laparoscopic Whipple's Operation: Initial Report from the Caribbean

Cureus. 2020 Mar 24;12(3):e7401. doi: 10.7759/cureus.7401.

Authors

Yardesh Singh¹, Shamir O Cawich¹, Sidiyq Mohammed¹, Thivy Kuruvilla¹, Vijay Naraynsingh^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Surgery, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, TTO.
² Surgery, Medical Associates Hospital, St. Joseph, TTO.
³ Clinical Surgical Sciences, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, TTO.

Abstract

Oncologic surgery in the Caribbean has evolved over the past decade, with increasing reports of advanced minimally invasive operations being performed. However, the minimally invasive approach has not been used for peri-ampullary lesions. This is because a laparoscopic Whipple's operation is a technically demanding and time-consuming operation. We report the first case of a totally laparoscopic Whipple's operation to be performed in the Caribbean.

Keywords: laparoscopic; mis; pancreas; pancreaticoduodenectomy; whipple.

Publication types

Case Reports