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Providence Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Cancer Program

Many of our surgical services are available using minimally-invasive techniques or state-of-the-art robotic surgery with the da Vinci ® Surgical System at Providence Portland Medical Center, including pancreatectomy and cholecystectomy.


  • Bile duct surgery

    The following types of surgery are used to treat extrahepatic bile duct cancer: Removal of the bile duct: If the tumor is small and only ...
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  • Cholecystectomy

    The main treatment for acute cholecystitis is surgery to remove the gallbladder (cholecystectomy). Often this surgery can be done through small incisi...
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  • Liver surgery

    Liver resection is the surgical removal of part of the liver. This operation is for some types of liver cancer and for certain cases of metastatic col...
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  • Hernia surgery

    Surgery overview A hernia is a bulge of intestine, another organ, or fat through the muscles of the belly. A hernia can occur when there is weakness ...
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  • Pancreas surgery

    One of the following types of surgery may be used to treat pancreatic cancer: Whipple procedure: A surgical procedure in which the head of the ...
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  • Portacath

    A central venous catheter, or vascular access device (VAD), is a long, thin, flexible tube used to give medicines, fluids, nutrients or blood products...
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  • Gastrointestinal surgery

    Surgery is a common treatment of all stages of gastric cancer. The following types of surgery may be used: Subtotal gastrectomy: Removal of the...
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  • Inguinal hernia repair

    Surgery is the only treatment and cure for inguinal hernia. Hernia repair is one of the most common surgeries done in the United States. About 750,000...
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  • Radiofrequency ablation

    Radiofrequency ablation is the use of a special probe with tiny electrodes that kill cancer cells. Sometimes the probe is inserted directly through th...
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  • Transarterial chemoembolization

    Chemotherapy delivered during hepatic arterial occlusion is called chemoembolization. The anticancer drug is injected into the hepatic artery through ...
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  • Adrenal gland surgery

    Surgery to remove the adrenal gland (adrenalectomy) is often used to treat adrenocortical carcinoma. Sometimes the nearby lymph nodes are also removed...
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  • da Vinci cholecystectomy

    Minimally-invasive surgery using the da Vinci Surgical System is an effective alternative to traditional open and laparoscopic surgery that may allow&...
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  • da Vinci pancreatectomy

    If you have been told you need surgery for a disease affecting your pancreas, such as chronic pancreatitis or pancreatic cancer, ask your doctor if yo...
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