Plural form of gastroduodenostomy; surgical procedures that create direct connections between the stomach and duodenum.
From 'gastro-' + 'duodeno-' + '-stomies' (plural of '-stomy') from Greek 'stoma' meaning mouth or opening. The '-stomy' suffix indicates a surgical creation of an opening.
Surgeons use this procedure when the natural opening from the stomach to duodenum gets blocked—they basically bypass the problem by creating a new route around it, like building a shortcut highway!
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