Modern surgery, general and operative . Fig. 64g.—Billroths method of pylorectomy. Fig. 650.—Pylorectomy. UntU very lately the mortahty from pylorectomy was estimated to be 25per cent., even in favorable cases. In 9 complete pylorectomies, with closureof both the stomach and duodenal ends, communication being reestabhshedby the performance of gastrojejunostomy, Mayo reported i death, and in 14pylorectomies and partial gastrectomies he reported 2 deaths, or 14 per cent.(Wm. J. Mayo, in Annals of Surgery, Aug., 1902) (seepage 1085). Preparethe patient for pylorectomy as for any stomach operation


Modern surgery, general and operative . Fig. 64g.—Billroths method of pylorectomy. Fig. 650.—Pylorectomy. UntU very lately the mortahty from pylorectomy was estimated to be 25per cent., even in favorable cases. In 9 complete pylorectomies, with closureof both the stomach and duodenal ends, communication being reestabhshedby the performance of gastrojejunostomy, Mayo reported i death, and in 14pylorectomies and partial gastrectomies he reported 2 deaths, or 14 per cent.(Wm. J. Mayo, in Annals of Surgery, Aug., 1902) (seepage 1085). Preparethe patient for pylorectomy as for any stomach operation. The best incisionthrough the abdominal wall is a vertical one in or near the median Hne. Asmall incision is first made to permit of exploration, and if the growth is foundto be removable, the incision is enlarged. In some cases it will be foundnecessar} to divide the rectus muscle by a transverse cut. Method of the Mayos.—This is the best operation. The Billroth method,which was long employed, does not remove enough of the stom


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