Jujunoileal Bypass with Ileogastrostomy for Relief of Undesirable Side-effects of Jejunoileal Bypass.
Jejunoileal (JI) bypass with ileogastrostomy was performed on eleven patients who previously had JI bypass and were having undesirable side-effects. Short-term (17-44 months) follow-up observation reveals good to complete relief of undesirable side-effects in ten of the eleven. In the one case of total failure the author felt that the patient's symptoms were not caused by her JI bypass. The author suggests that JI bypass with ileogastrostomy be considered for JI bypass patients who are having undesirable side-effects, gastric stapling failures, and as original surgery in morbidly obese patients.
Wills
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Department of Surgery, Wills Memorial Hospital, Washington, GA, 30673, USA.