cholecystogastrostomy
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cholecystogastrostomy
[ko″le-sis″to-gas-tros´tah-me]surgical anastomosis between the gallbladder and stomach.
cho·le·cys·to·gas·tros·to·my
(kō'lē-sis'tō-gas-tros'tō-mē),Establishment of a communication between the gallbladder and the stomach.
[chole- + G. kystis, bladder, + gastēr, stomach, + stoma, mouth]
cholecystogastrostomy
/cho·le·cys·to·gas·tros·to·my/ (-gas-tros´tah-me) anastomosis between the gallbladder and stomach.cholecystogastrostomy
(kō′lĭ-sĭs′tō-gă-strŏs′tə-mē)n.
The surgical formation of a communication between the gallbladder and the stomach.
cholecystogastrostomy
A communication created between the gallbladder and the stomach:(1) Surgical cholecystogastrostomies used to bypass a carcinoma of the head of the pancreas were last performed in the late 1930s;
(2) Spontaneous cholecystogastrostomies may rarely follow inflammation, malignancy or trauma, in which case the term cholecystogastric fistula is generally preferred.
cho·le·cys·to·gas·tros·to·my
(kō'lĕ-sis'tō-gas-tros'tŏ-mē)Establishment of a communication between the gallbladder and the stomach.
[chole- + G. kystis, bladder, + gastēr, stomach, + stoma, mouth]