Operations That Make Use of A Roux-en-Y
- Some gastric bypasses for obesity.
- Roux-en-Y reconstruction following partial or complete gastrectomy for stomach cancer.
- Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy used to treat (macroscopic) bile duct obstruction which may arise due to:
- a common bile duct tumour or hepatic duct tumour (e.g. resection of cholangiocarcinoma)
- a bile duct injury (e.g. cholecystectomy, surgical misadventure, trauma)
- an infection/inflammation (e.g. pancreatic pseudocyst)
- Roux-en-Y choledochojejunostomy - indications same as Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy.
- Roux-en-Y pancreas transplant
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