gastrojejunostomy /gas·tro·je·ju·nos·to·my/ (-jĕ″joo-nos´tah-me)
gastrojejunostomy.
gastrojejunostomy [gas″tro-je-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 (g s tr -j -j n s t-m , -jj -)n. The surgical formation of a direct communication between the stomach and the jejunum. |
gastrojejunostomy.
gastrojejunostomy [gas″tro-je-joo-nos´tah-me]
surgical anastomosis of the stomach to the jejunum; called also Billroth II procedure.
Gastrojejunostomy (Billroth II procedure). From Polaski and Tatro, 1996.
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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