A patient with distal gastric carcinoma, following procedure, is done. Name the procedure
Correct Answer: Roux-en-Y gastrectomy
Description: In the above image, after distal gastrectomy Roux-en-Y reconstruction is done.In this anastomosis, the Roux limb is the efferent or antegrade limb that serves as the primary recipient of food after the surgery (Gastro-jejunostomy), while the hepatobiliary or afferent limb that anastomoses with the biliary system serves as the recipient for biliary secretions, which then travel through the excluded small bowel to the distal anastomosis at the mid-jejunum (Jejuno-jejunostomy)In Billroth I technique gastroduodenal anastomosis after distal gastrectomyIn Billroth II technique gastrojejunal anastomosis is donebailey and love 27e pg: 1136
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