Kocher manoeuvre 1984147 123620048 2007-04-17T20:12:15Z Cydebot 1215485 Robot - Removing category Eponymous medical procedures per [[WP:CFD|CFD]] at [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 Month 0]]. '''Kocher manoeuvre''' is a surgical manoeuvre to expose structures in the retroperitoneum behind the [[duodenum]] and [[pancreas]]; for example to control [[hemorrhage]] from the vena cava inferior or to facilitate removal of a pancreatic [[tumour]]. It is named for the Nobel prize-winning surgeon Dr. [[Emil Theodor Kocher]]. The [[peritoneum]] is incised in the lateral side of the duodenum, and the duodenum and the head of pancreas are reflected to the opposite direction, i.e. to the left. {{med-stub}} ==External links== *[http://www.hpb.cz/cz/cas/99-1-2/main.html The incidence of tumours in the pancreatic head ...] [[pt:Manobra de Kocher]]