Pancreatic Surgery

Abstract

THE pancreas — always an enigma to the physiologist, physician and surgeon alike — continues to guard with persistent jealousy its many mysteries. Despite the overwhelming volume of laboratory research and clinical observation directed toward achieving a better understanding of various phases of pancreatic disease, real progress in this area has been painfully slow. Although dramatic advances have not characterized the recent history of this study, the broad and insistent awareness of pancreatic problems that has been aroused within the medical profession during the past quarter century can be counted as a genuine achievement, and it may be anticipated, as . . .