hepatoportoenterostomies

A form of hepatoportoenterostomy — A portoenteric reconstruction in which the obliterated extrahepatic biliary tree is excised and a Roux-en-Y limb of jejunum is anastomosed to the porta hepatis, enabling drainage of bile from residual intrahepatic ductules in patients with Biliary atresia.

Scrabble 33

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of hepatoportoenterostomy
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