The First 40 Years of Gastrojejunostomy

In the early era of therapeutic laparotomy, surgeons developed operations where the extirpation of pathology only required simple ligation of blood supply, detachment of diseased organs or drainage of infection. In 1881, when sutured anastomosis was in its infancy, a surgeon at Billroth’s clinic in...

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Main Author: Theodore N. Pappas, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Health 2022-09-01
Series:Annals of Surgery Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/AS9.0000000000000200