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GASTRIC BYPASS [1 record]

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Record 1 1991-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
DEF

Procedure for grossly overweight people wherein a whole section of the gastrointestinal trait is removed to force a weight loss.

DEF

Gastrojejunostomy in which the stomach is transected high on the body, the proximal remnant being joined to a loop of jejunum in end-to-side anastomosis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
OBS

Le recours chirurgical de l'obésité grave est motivé par les risques chiffrés par diverses études. (...) La seule solution chirurgicale actuellement retenue est gastrique, visant à limiter l'apport en réduisant le volume gastrique (...) Deux types d'intervention peuvent être proposés: le pontage gastrique et la gastroplastie (...).

Spanish

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