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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The mainstay of treatment for Whipple's disease is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with cardiac complications. | |||
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Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for [disease or malignancy]. | Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for [disease or malignancy]. | ||
==Surgery== | ==Surgery== | ||
*The mainstay of treatment for Whipple's disease is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either: | |||
**Cardiac comlications | |||
***Surgical resection of the infected valve | |||
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*The mainstay of treatment for | |||
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==Indications== | ==Indications== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Overview
The mainstay of treatment for Whipple's disease is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with cardiac complications.
OR
The feasibility of surgery depends on the stage of [malignancy] at diagnosis.
OR
Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for [disease or malignancy].
Surgery
- The mainstay of treatment for Whipple's disease is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either:
- Cardiac comlications
- Surgical resection of the infected valve
- Cardiac comlications