Dharamshala, March 25 -- Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College (DRPGMC), Tanda, has achieved a major milestone in advanced healthcare with the successful performance of its first robotic Whipple procedure (pancreaticoduodenectomy), marking a significant step in treating complex gastrointestinal cancers in the region.
The intricate surgery was conducted on a patient diagnosed with distal cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer) by a multidisciplinary team led by Chief Surgeon Dr. Ankit Shukla, assisted by Dr. Mukesh.
The anaesthesia team, headed by Dr. Shyam Bhandari and assisted by Dr. Bhanu Gupta, ensured the patient's stability throughout the nearly nine-hour-long complex procedure, which was completed without any intraoperative c...