hepatoportoenterostomy

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounhepatoportoenterostomy (plural hepatoportoenterostomies)

plural hepatoportoenterostomies

  1. medicineA 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.

Origin

From hepato- (“of the liver”) + porto- (“of the portal system”) + entero- (“of the small intestine”) + -stomy (“surgery creating a communication”).

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Translations

Spanish hepatoportoenterostomía
  • hepatoportoenterostomíaoperation
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