Billroth II: Information from Answers.com

Billroth II, more formally Billroth's operation II, is an operation in which the lower part of the stomach (antrum) is removed and a loop of small bowel (jejunum) is brought up and joined to it in a (side-to-side manner) for drainage (gastro jejuno stomy).^[1]^[2]

It was first described by Theodor Billroth.

References

^ Billroth's operation II. Online Medical Dictionary. Centre for Cancer Education, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. URL: http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?Billroth's+operation+II. Accessed on: February 11, 2008.
^ Billroth's operation II. whonamedit.com. http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2731.html. Accessed on: February 11, 2008.

SGs/Esophagus	Sialography · Esophagectomy

Stomach	Gastrostomy (Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy) · Gastrectomy (Billroth I, Billroth II, Roux-en-Y) · Gastric bypass surgery · Gastroenterostomy · Hill repair · Nissen fundoplication · Gastropexy · Sleeve gastrectomy

Imaging	Endoscopy: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Upper gastrointestinal series

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