Abstract
Operable new growths and malignant ulcers require in selected cases resection of the pyloric end of the stomach. After resection, the surgeon is forced to meet the problem of gastroenterostomy.
Taking for granted the removal of the greater portion of the pyloric end of the stomach, continuity of the gastroenteric canal may be re-ëstablished by any one of the following methods as suggested in the following diagrams:
These experiments have been performed upon dogs without mortality in the method of terminal gastroduodenostomy and with high mortality in those methods involving duodenal occlusion or duodenostomy.
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