Open AccessDuodenojejunostomy for the Pancreaticobiliary Complications of Duodenal Diverticulum
Author(s) -
Jonathan F. Critchlow,
Michael Shapiro,
William Silen
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-198507000-00008
Subject(s) - medicine , diverticulum (mollusc) , duodenum , general surgery , gastroenterology
A Roux-en-Y duodenojejunostomy has been used as treatment of pancreaticobiliary disease associated with duodenal diverticula in three patients with good results. This approach removes the diverticulum from the food stream, thereby solving the problems of recurrent cholangitis and pancreatitis caused by food stasis in the diverticulum, without having to excise the diverticulum or perform a gastrectomy and vagotomy.