This episode explores pancreatic disease as one of surgery’s most demanding domains. Listeners are guided through acute and chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, and cystic lesions — conditions where timing, physiology, and complication risk intersect.

The discussion emphasises investigation, staging, and perioperative optimisation, alongside the realities of morbidity and mortality. Surgical intervention is framed as a carefully balanced decision rather than a reflex response.

This chapter teaches respect for pancreatic pathology — where restraint, planning, and multidisciplinary care are essential to survival.

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