Another area of interest is in assessing whether keyhole surgery (laparoscopy) would be better than Whipple's procedure in treating the disease surgically, particularly in terms of recovery time.
Et andet interesseområde er i at afgøre, hvorvidt kikkertoperationer er at foretrække frem for Whipples procedure ved kirurgisk behandling af sygdommen, især hvad angår restitutionstid.