Abstract

Pancreaticoduodenectomy otherwise called Whipple's procedure was first demonstrated by Allen O. Whipple in 1935. It involves surgical resection of pancreatic head. Duodenum, distal stomach, distal common bile duct and gall bladder. Materials and methods: This is the retrospective study of cases done during March 2019 to June 2023. All the cases on which Whipple's surgery was done were received from the records. The details about the gross examination of the specimen were taken from the records. Results: 45 Whipple's specimen were received during our study period. Out of them, 30 cases were male and 15 cases were female. The male:female sex ratio is 2:1 in our study. When the age incidence of pancreatic carcinoma was calculated the mean age of occurance in our study was 51.5 years. The youngest case of carcinoma in our study was 29 years old male. The oldest case in our study was 70 years old male. Average age of presentation in male was 51 years and average age of presentation in females was 55 years. Neither familial clustering nor familial syndromes were seen in our studies. Conclusion: Pancreaticoduodenectomy specimen requires meticulous histopathological evaluation for proper categorisation of histopathological types and other features which affect patient survival following PD. Possibility of a benign diagnosis remains in PD specimcns which have been resected presuming malignancy based on clinical judgement and radiological data.

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