Archive for pancreatic cancer

Laparoscopic Pancreas Resection

Posted in Surgery, Videos with tags , , , on April 22, 2009 by Øystein
Cutting through the serosa of the pancreas.

Cutting through the serosa of the pancreas.

Two videos I’ve made of surgery for pancreatic cancer was published on www.oncolex.no last week. The first one is a laparoscopic resection of the tail of pancreas. As always, the voice overs are in Norwegian, so I publish a short summary in English here. Read more »

ERCP

Posted in Medicine, Videos with tags , , , , on March 27, 2009 by Øystein
An internist watching the x-ray screens during an ERCP.

A gastroenterologist watching the monitors during an ERCP.

A video I’ve made of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) was published on www.oncolex.no yesterday. This is an endoscopic procedure used both for diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic-, gallbladder- and bile duct cancer. I provide a brief summary of the video here, as the voice overs are in Norwegian. Read more »

Inoperable

Posted in Surgery with tags , , , on February 18, 2009 by Øystein
Organs removed in a Whipple procedure.

Organs removed in the Whipple procedure.

A post over at IntraopOrate reminded me of a belief I held before knowing much about surgery. Reading it also coincided with an operation I was filming this week, in which the patient’s pancreatic tumor turned out to be inoperable. Read more »