MAYDL JEJUNOSTOMY

IN SPITE of a more aggressive approach in the treatment of malignant disease of the upper intestinal tract that has come about during the past few years, there still remains a large group of unfortunate people on whom even palliative extirpation of their lesions cannot be safely performed. We still encounter, therefore, as a result of obstruction, pain, or persistent fistulae, situations in which for a considerable length of time feeding through...