A surgical operation to join the DUODENUM to a hole made in the STOMACH wall to circumvent an obstruction in the gut – for example, PYLORIC STENOSIS – or to improve the passage of food from the stomach into the duodenum.
n. a surgical operation in which the *duodenum (usually the third or fourth part) is joined to an opening made in the stomach in order to bypass an obstruction (such as *pyloric stenosis) or to facilitate the exit of food from the stomach after vagotomy. Much more commonly a *gastrojejunostomy or *gastroenterostomy is performed. See also duodenostomy.
n. an operation, now rarely performed, in which the duodenum is brought through the abdominal wall and opened, usually in order to introduce food. See also gastroduodenostomy.... duodenostomy
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