Clinical experiences with jejunal interposition for postgastrectomy syndrome.
Remedial operation for intractable postgastrectomy syndrome utilizing an isoperistaltic jejunal segment interposed between the gastric remnant and duodenum has been highly successful in the hands of European surgeons. This secondary operation is rarely performed in this country. The author reports his experience with three patients. The initial results were uniformly excellent. In time, some symptoms recurred in two patients.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000637:transplantation*; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011178:Postgastrectomy Syndromes / Q000601:surgery*