Svensk definition
Kirurgiskt ingrepp för reduktion av magsäcken och anläggande av en förbindelse (anastomos) mellan kvarstående del av magsäcken och en slinga av den övre tunntarmen (jejunum). Metoden används ofta för behandling av sjuklig fetma.
Gastric Bypass
Gastrik bypass
Engelsk definition
Surgical procedure in which the STOMACH is transected high on the body. The resulting small proximal gastric pouch is joined to any parts of the SMALL INTESTINE by an end-to-side SURGICAL ANASTOMOSIS, depending on the amounts of intestinal surface being bypasses. This procedure is used frequently in the treatment of MORBID OBESITY by limiting the size of functional STOMACH, food intake, and food absorption.
Svenska synonymer
Magsäckskirurgi — Gastrojejunostomi
Engelska synonymer
Bypass, Gastric — Greenville Gastric Bypass — Gastric Bypass, Greenville — Gastrojejunostomy — Gastrojejunostomies — Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass — Bypass, Roux-en-Y Gastric — Gastric Bypass, Roux-en-Y — Roux en Y Gastric Bypass — Gastroileal Bypass — Bypass, Gastroileal