| Gastroenterostomy | |
|---|---|
 Diagram of the stomach, showing the different regions. | |
| ICD-9-CM | 44.3 |
| MeSH | D005763 |
Agastroenterostomy is the surgical creation of a connection between thestomach and thejejunum. The operation can sometimes be performed at the same time as a partialgastrectomy (the removal of part of the stomach). Gastroenterostomy was in the past typically performed to treatpeptic ulcers, but today it is usually carried out to enable food to pass directly to the middle section of thesmall intestine when it is necessary to bypass the first section (theduodenum) because of duodenal damage. The procedure is still being used to treatgastroparesis that isrefractory to other treatments, but it is now rarely used to treat peptic ulcers because most cases thereof are bacterial in nature (due toHelicobacter pylori) and there are many new drugs available to treat thegastric reflux often experienced with peptic ulcer disease. Reported cure rates forH. pylori infection range from 70% to 90% afterantibiotic treatment.[1]