Billroth II

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Billroth II, more formally Billroth's operation II, is an operation in which the lower part of the stomach (antrum) is removed and a loop of small bowel (jejunum) is brought up and joined to it in a (side-to-side manner) for drainage (gastrojejunostomy).[1][2]

It was first discribed by Theodor Billroth.

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  1. ^ Billroth's operation II. Online Medical Dictionary. Centre for Cancer Education, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. URL: http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?Billroth's+operation+II. Accessed on: February 11, 2008.
  2. ^ Billroth's operation II. whonamedit.com. http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2731.html. Accessed on: February 11, 2008.

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