Surgeon with laparoscope Institute of Laparoscopy Shreveport, Louisiana  318-221-4755
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  Gastric (stomach) outlet obstruction (blockage of end of stomach by tumor, scar tissue, ulcer, or etc.)
  Treatment goals
 

Provide a way for food to get out of the stomach, usually bypassing the blockage.

  Treatment
 
Connect small intestine to the stomach in an area above the blockage so as to bypass the obstuction
  Procedure
 

Laparoscopic gastrojejunostomy

  Length of hospital stay
 
2-3 days
  Potential complications
 
SIDE EFFECTS - None. COMPLICATIONS - obstruction at the connected area, leakage at the connected site.