Cancerous pancreas removed successfully

[Northerner]

Dubai: Doctors at Rashid Hospital have successfully removed the pancreas of a patient that had turned cancerous, the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) said in a statement. This surgery is done by few surgeons in the UAE as it is very complicated and the mortality rate of the patients is high.

Dr Faisal Badri, head of surgery, said the patient went to a private hospital in Dubai complaining of nausea and pain in her stomach. “The ultrasound and other investigative tests showed that she had jaundice and a big lump in her pancreas.”

She was then referred to Rashid Hospital where doctors carried out additional tests and diagnosed her as having pancreatic cancer.

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/health/cancerous-pancreas-removed-successfully-1.1330944

“At the moment we do not know if she will develop diabetes or not but in such cases the aim is to save the life and intervene before the cancer spreads to other parts of the body.”

Eh? No pancreas, but no diabetes?

 

[HOBIE]

Its Magic 🙄

 

[trophywench]

LOL - maybe they didn't have to remove the whole pancreas, someone on t'other forum had a partial one - he was indeed diabetic but didn't have to take the complete array of drugs there are to make up for the other missing stuff if they'd removed all of it.