Duodenectomy and reimplantation of the ampulla of Vater for megaduodenum.
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.
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Dept. of Surgery, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forrest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1095.
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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