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Polya's operation
Also known as:
Polya-Reichel operation
Reichel-Polya operation
Associated persons:
Eugen (Jenö) Alexander Pólya
Friedrich Paul Reichel
Description:
A type of posterior gastroenterostomy which is a modification of the Billroth II operation. Resection of 2/3 of the stomach with blind closure of the duodenal stump and retrocolic anastomosis of the full circumference of the open stomach to jejunum
See also Finsterer-Hofmeister operation under Hans Finsterer, German surgeon, 1877–1955.
Bibliography:
- E. Pólya:
Zur Stumpfversorgung nach Magenresektion.
Zentralblatt für Chirurgie, Leipzig, 1911, 38: 892-894.
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