esophagoenterostomy

English

Etymology

esophago- +‎ enterostomy

Noun

esophagoenterostomy (countable and uncountable, plural esophagoenterostomies)

1. (surgery) A surgical operation that involves suturing the esophagus to the duodenum and removing the stomach.
   • 2005, Courtney M. Townsend, David C. Sabiston, Pocket Companion to Sabiston Textbook of Surgery‎^[1], Saunders, →ISBN, page 178:

     Because the esophagus has no serosa, esophagoenterostomies are much higher risk.