Question 155 · LEK · Pancreatic cancer
Which of the following organs is resected during Whipple's operation with Traverso modification?
- A. rectum.
- B. spleen.
- C. pancreas.
- D. thymus.
- E. liver.
Hint
The Whipple procedure is a pancreatoduodenectomy; the Traverso-Longmire modification only changes what happens to the pylorus.
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