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RR Graham, The treatment of perforated duodenal ulcers, Surg Gynec Obstet 64 (1937), pp. 235–238. This surgery article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it .
Gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) is a medical condition where there is an obstruction at the level of the pylorus, which is the outlet of the stomach. Individuals with gastric outlet obstruction will often have recurrent vomiting of food that has accumulated in the stomach, but which cannot pass into the small intestine due to the obstruction.
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.
This is a shortened version of the ninth chapter of the ICD-9: Diseases of the Digestive System.It covers ICD codes 520 to 579.The full chapter can be found on pages 301 to 328 of Volume 1, which contains all (sub)categories of the ICD-9.
A gastrostomy can also be used to treat volvulus of the stomach, where the stomach twists along one of its axes. The tube (or multiple tubes) is used for gastropexy, or adhering the stomach to the abdominal wall, preventing twisting of the stomach. [2] A PEG tube can be used in providing gastric or post-surgical drainage. [6]
Gastrointestinal perforation is defined by a full-thickness injury to all layers of the gastrointestinal wall, resulting in a hole in the hollow GI tract (esophagus, stomach, small intestine, or large intestine). A hole can occur due to direct mechanical injury or progressive damage to the bowel wall due to various disease states.
Pyloromyotomy is a surgical procedure in which a portion of the muscle fibers of the pyloric muscle are cut. This is typically done in cases where the contents from the stomach are inappropriately stopped by the pyloric muscle, causing the stomach contents to build up in the stomach and unable to be appropriately digested.
enterotomy and bowel repair or bowel resection [13] right or left hemicolectomy [13] pyloric exclusion and gastric diversion, in which gastric secretions are diverted away from the duodenum by closing the pylorus and creating a new connection between the stomach and the small intestine [14] nephrectomy, or removal of all or part of a kidney [15]