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Vinony

hepaticojejunostomy

noun

  1. surgery that creates a connection between the hepatic duct and the jejunum
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From hepatico- + jejuno- + -stomy.

  1. A surgical procedure that connects the bile ducts from the liver directly to the jejunum to restore bile flow when the normal pathway is blocked or damaged.

    “In various published reports of symptomatic PHT with CDC, PHT actually resolved after excision of cyst and hepaticojejunostomy and the children were asymptomatic during subsequent follow-up.[ 1 2 ] In this cohort of patients, although all patients remained asymptomatic after successful surgery of the CDC cyst, the range of NO levels at 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months follow-up helped to identify the patients with persistently elevated NO levels thereby indicating persistently elevated PP.”