Whipple pancreaticoduodenectomy: a historical comment
Adrian O'Sullivan
Corresponding address: Adrian O'Sullivan,
HPB Unit,
Royal London Hospital,
Whitechapel,
London E1 1BB, UK
E-mail: awmos@btinternet.com
Abstract
Allen Oldfather Whipple is a name that will be forever eponymously associated with
pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic cancer. This paper presents the history behind this
procedure.
Key words
Pancreaticoduodenectomy; Whipple; history.
