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Fig. 8

From: A primer to common major gastrointestinal post-surgical anatomy on CT—a pictorial review

Fig. 8

Illustration of Whipple procedure. Depending on the extent of disease, the Whipple procedure can be modified. a When feasible, a pylorus-preserving procedure is performed, where the duodenum is not resected, creating a duodenojejunostomy rather than the classic gastrojejunostomy (as illustrated in b). b Classic Whipple anatomy with gastrojejunostomy (dashed black arrow), choledochojejunostomy (black arrow), and an end-to-side pancreaticojejunostomy (white arrow). S stomach, J jejunum

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