Duodenal switch: a new form of pancreaticobiliary diversion.
The duodenal switch operation is a new form of pancreaticobiliary diversion with superior physiologic consequences compared with the Roux-en-Y procedure. The new technique has been extensively tested in the laboratory and found to be nonulcerogenic and to be less disruptive of foregut physiology than the Roux-en-Y procedure. The duodenal switch has been used in more than 40 patients with confirmed duodenogastric reflux and has proved to be well tolerated and successful in long-term follow-up.
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Department of Surgery, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska.
D000713:Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y; D004383:Duodenogastric Reflux / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004386:Duodenum / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007582:Jejunostomy / Q000379:methods*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000601:surgery; D010193:Pancreaticojejunostomy