By: Times of Oman

Muscat: The surgical team of the Gastrointestinal Cancers Programme at the Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Center (SQCCCRC) successfully managed to perform the first laparoscopic tumor resection in a complex area.

The operation is known as the “Whipple procedure”, during which the tumor is resected along with the head of the pancreas, the duodenum, and part of the bile duct. After performing the Whipple procedure, the remaining organs reconnect to allow the patient to digest food normally after surgery.