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Definition of Enterostomy
1. Noun. Surgical operation that creates a permanent opening through the abdominal wall into the intestine.
Generic synonyms: Operation, Surgery, Surgical Operation, Surgical Procedure, Surgical Process
Definition of Enterostomy
1. Noun. (surgery) The construction of a permanent opening into the intestine through the abdominal wall ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enterostomy
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Medical Definition of Enterostomy
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Literary usage of Enterostomy
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1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1905)
"devised an enterostomy tube for the purpose; and have also extended its use to
... The enterostomy tube (Fig. 3) is employed in the following way for ..."
2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1921)
"A jejunal ulcer is rarely found except after gastro-enterostomy, ... Balfour
says, "The best results after gastro-enterostomy occur when there is stenosis ..."
3. American Journal of Roentgenology by American Radium Society (1919)
"MECHANICS OF THE STOMACH AFTER GASTRO- enterostomy BY JOHN T. MURPHY, ... Is it
always necessary to occlude the pylorus after gastro- enterostomy is ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"The Prognosis and Technique of Gastro-enterostomy.—HELFERICH (Deut. ... Helferich has
made it a rule after a posterior gastro-enterostomy, ..."
5. Oxford Loose-leaf Surgery by F. F. Burghard, Allen Buckner Kanavel (1919)
"CHAPTER X ENTEROTOMY AND enterostomy THE terms enterotomy and enterostomy naturally
include operations on any part of the whole length of the intestinal ..."
6. Nutrition and clinical dietetics by Herbert Swift Carter, Paul Edward Howe, Howard Harris Mason (1917)
"This is probably the cause of the rather copious stools these cases of
gastro-enterostomy have in the weeks immediately after the operation. ..."
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