Jejunoileal Bypass
A procedure consisting of the SURGICAL ANASTOMOSIS of the proximal part of the JEJUNUM to the distal portion of the ILEUM, so as to bypass the nutrient-absorptive segment of the SMALL INTESTINE. Due to the severe malnutrition and life-threatening metabolic complications, this method is no longer used to treat MORBID OBESITY.
Year introduced: 1986
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Tree Number(s): E02.650.500.062.875, E04.035.415, E04.062.875, E04.210.626
MeSH Unique ID: D007581
Entry Terms:
- Bypasses, Jejunoileal
- Bypass, Jejunoileal
- Jejunoileal Bypasses
- Ileojejunal Bypass
- Bypasses, Ileojejunal
- Bypass, Ileojejunal
- Ileojejunal Bypasses
- Jejuno-Ileal Bypass
- Bypasses, Jejuno-Ileal
- Bypass, Jejuno-Ileal
- Jejuno Ileal Bypass
- Jejuno-Ileal Bypasses
- Intestinal Bypass
- Bypasses, Intestinal
- Bypass, Intestinal
- Intestinal Bypasses
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