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  2. Roux-en-Y anastomosis - Wikipedia

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    Roux-en-Y reconstruction following partial or complete gastrectomy for stomach cancer. [4] Roux-en-Y hepatico jejuno stomy used to treat (macroscopic) bile duct obstruction which may arise due to: a common bile duct tumour or hepatic duct tumour (e.g. resection of cholangiocarcinoma) [5] a bile duct injury (e.g. cholecystectomy, iatrogenic, trauma)

  3. Billroth II - Wikipedia

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    Billroth II, more formally Billroth's operation II, is an operation in which a partial gastrectomy (removal of the stomach) is performed and the cut end of the stomach is closed. The greater curvature of the stomach (not involved with the previous closure of the stomach) is then connected to the first part of the jejunum in end-to-side anastomosis.

  4. Gastric bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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    Antecolic antegastric Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery has been estimated to result in internal hernia in 0.2% of cases, mainly through Petersen's defect. [ journal 8 ] An incisional hernia occurs when a surgical incision does not heal well; the muscles of the abdomen separate and allow protrusion of a sac-like membrane, which may contain bowel ...

  5. Weight loss surgery tied to lasting digestive issues

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    Even though Roux-en-Y was the most common type of gastric bypass when this study was done, another procedure known as sleeve gastrectomy, which reduces the stomach to the size of a banana, now ...

  6. Gastrectomy - Wikipedia

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    Lastly, this procedure is post-operatively associated with decreased bone density and higher incidence of bone fractures. This may be due to the importance of gastric acid in calcium absorption. [4] Post-operatively, up to 70% of patients undergoing total gastrectomy develop complications such as dumping syndrome and reflux esophagitis. [5]

  7. Vertical banded gastroplasty surgery - Wikipedia

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    Combined restrictive and malabsorptive techniques are called gastric bypass techniques, of which Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RGB) is the most common. In this technique, staples are used to form a pouch that is connected to the small intestine , bypassing the lower stomach, the duodenum , and the first portion of the jejunum .

  8. Afferent loop syndrome - Wikipedia

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    According to reports, 0.2% of patients after distal gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y reconstruction, 1% after laparoscopic distal gastrectomy with Billroth II reconstruction, and 0.3–1.0% of patients following total gastrectomy with Billroth II or Roux-en-Y reconstruction have afferent loop syndrome. [15]

  9. List of eponymous surgical procedures - Wikipedia

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    Procedure to replace or bypass the esophagus with part of the stomach: Gavriliu's operation at Whonamedit? Gillies lift: Harold Gillies: Maxillofacial Surgery: Procedure to lift depressed fractured zygoma via temporal approach Gundersen flap: Trygve Gundersen: Ophthalmology: Procedure to replace a damaged section of cornea with part of the ...