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Pancreatico-duodenectomy in a blunt trauma abdomen: a rare case report

Abdominal trauma, a very common occurrence, especially in a country like India with an abundance of road traffic accidents. However, very few of such patients present with pancreatic or duodenal injury. At times such an injury requires the complex and intricate procedure of pancreatico-duodenectomy. Such a procedure requires highly trained surgeons as well as extensive post operative monitoring. In the scenario that these are available, this major surgery becomes a lifesaving procedure. This case report describes one such successful outcome. Early presentation to the hospital, the availability of skilled surgeons and a good tertiary care set up have made the once rarely performed surgery called Whipple’s procedure (pancreatico-duodenectomy) into a live saving surgery which can be used for abdominal trauma cases as well.