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gastrojejunostomy

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gastrojejunostomy /gas·tro·je·ju·nos·to·my/ (-jĕ″joo-nos´tah-me)
1. surgical creation of an anastomosis between the stomach and jejunum.
2. the anastomosis so created.

gas·tro·je·ju·nos·to·my (gstr-j-jnst-m, -jj-)
n.
The surgical formation of a direct communication between the stomach and the jejunum.

gastrojejunostomy.
gastrojejunostomy
anastomosis of the stomach to a formerly remote part of the duodenum. See gastroduodenal anastomosis (Billroth type II).

gastrojejunostomy
GI surgery A procedure in which the duodenum is excised or bypassed and the stomach is end-to-end anastomosed to the jejunum


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In the same issue of the journal, Wing Tai Siu and coworkers from Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in Hong Kong report on an innovative laparoscopic technique for vagotomy and gastrojejunostomy to treat peptic ulcer-induced benign gastric outlet obstruction.
 
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