title: Duodenectomy and reimplantation of the ampulla of Vater for megaduodenum.
abstract: After several unsuccessful surgical procedures, a case of megaduodenum in a 29-year-old woman was treated successful with duodenal resection and reimplantation of the ampulla with a Roux en Y limb of jejunum. Alternate approaches to this complicated condition are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forrest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1095.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Goco
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pennell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D014670:Ampulla of Vater / Q000601:surgery*; D000713:Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y; D004380:Duodenal Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*; D004386:Duodenum / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000601:surgery; D012092:Replantation; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery