Re: Donna (Beger Procedure)

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I copied and pasted this information from the MUSC DDC's webpage.

Hope it helps! :0)---Kim S.

Patient Information

CHRONIC PANCREATITIS SURGERY

10. Beger Procedure

The Beger procedure has been used successfully to treat patients

with severe chronic pancreatitis and enlargement of the head of the

pancreas. The operation, developed by Dr. Beger in Germany, involves

removing almost all of the head of the pancreas, saving the

duodenum, stomach and bile duct. In his initial report, Beger

reported that 77 percent of his patients were free of abdominal pain

and that 67 percent returned to work. Although successfully used by

Dr. Beger and his associates, the operation has not yet found

widespread use in the United States. We continue to utilize the

Whipple procedure in managing severe chronic pancreatitis with

enlargement of the head of the pancreas. We have used the Beger

procedure in selected patients with non-dilated pancreatic ducts and

without enlargement of the pancreatic head.