pancreaticodudenectomy for pancreatic head cancer (Whipple operation)
Pancreas
Pancreas. It is one of the endocrine organs that plays a major role in the digestive process due to its primary role in producing the enzymes necessary for this process. If the pancreas is affected by cancer, it is difficult to discover this until symptoms appear, as they appear after the development and progress of the disease. To know the complications of pancreatic cancer.
Complications of pancreatic cancer
If pancreatic cancer is not detected and treated early, it may cause serious complications, the most important of which are the following:
Jaundice
Cancer causes obstruction of the bile duct and prevents the drainage of bile. This leads to the accumulation of bile components in the blood, and thus causes a change in the color of the skin and the whites of the eyes to yellow. It also causes dark urine, light-colored stool, and itching.
Weight loss
Because cancer consumes the body’s energy, this is due to several reasons, the most prominent of which is loss of appetite as a result of the pressure of the tumor on the stomach, which causes abdominal pain, nausea, indigestion, and abdominal pain and nausea.
Bowel obstruction
Cancer growth can cause pressure on the first part of the small intestine, preventing digested food from moving from the stomach to the intestine.
Dr. Ayman Abdel Hameed :
The official page: Prof. Dr. Ayman Abdel Hameed, consultant and teacher of oncology surgeries and limited surgical intervention.
Doctorate in Oncology Surgery at the National Cancer Institute, Cairo University.
Master of Surgery oncology at the National Cancer Institute, Cairo University.
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kasr Al-Ainy, Cairo University, 2010, with distinction and honors.
More than 14 years of practical experience in surgery, oncology, and limited surgical intervention using surgical laparoscopes and surgical robots.
