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Definition of Jejunostomy
1. Noun. Surgical creation of an opening between the jejunum and the anterior abdominal wall; will allow artificial feeding.
Definition of Jejunostomy
1. Noun. (medicine) the surgical creation of an opening into the jejunum to allow artificial feeding ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Jejunostomy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Jejunostomy
Literary usage of Jejunostomy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Abdominal operations v.2, 1915 by Berkeley Moynihan Moynihan (1915)
"jejunostomy. jejunostomy is an operation that can be but rarely called for.
It is suitable only for those patients suffering from advanced malignant disease ..."
2. Operative surgery, for students and practitioners by John Joseph McGrath (1909)
"If a posterior gastro-jejunostomy is made, the button, when liberated, is less
likely to fall into the stomach than when the anterior gastro-jejunostomy is ..."
3. Surgery of the Upper Abdomen by John Blair Deaver, Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst (1921)
"Cylindrical Gastrectomy: Operation Completed 363 124. Transgastric Excision of
an Ulcer on the Posterior \\ all of the Stomach . . . 365 "5. jejunostomy by ..."
4. Oxford Loose-leaf Surgery by F. F. Burghard, Allen Buckner Kanavel (1919)
"Moreover, the technique of the operation of jejunostomy has been so much ...
jejunostomy may be resorted to under the following conditions : — (i) It may be ..."
5. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1921)
"Hugh McKenna, December, 1913, reported some animal experimentation and clinical
cases supporting the value of a jejunostomy for the relief of ileus. ..."
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