gastroduodenostomy /gas·tro·du·o·de·nos·to·my/ (-doo″od-in-os´tah-me) surgical anastomosis of the stomach to a formerly remote part of the duodenum.
gastroduodenostomy
gastroduodenostomy [gas″tro-doo″o-dĕ-nos´tah-me]
gas·tro·du·o·de·nos·to·my (g s tr -d  -d-n s t-m , -d-dn-s-)n. The surgical formation of a communication between the stomach and the duodenum. |
gastroduodenostomy
[-do̅o̅′ədenos′təmē]
surgical establishment of a passageway between the stomach and the duodenum. It may be done, for example, to bypass a pyloric obstruction.
gastroduodenostomy [gas″tro-doo″o-dĕ-nos´tah-me]
anastomosis between the stomach and the duodenum; called also Billroth I procedure.
Subtotal gastrectomy removes acid-secreting portions of the stomach. After removing the distal stomach (inset) a surgeon sutures the remaining portion of the stomach to the duodenum (Billroth I procedure) or to the proximal jejunum (Billroth II procedure). From Polaski and Tatro, 1996.
gastroduodenostomy
anastomosis of the stomach to a formerly remote part of the duodenum. See gastroduodenal anastomosis (Billroth type I).
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