- Witzel gastrostomy
- insertion of a tube into the gastric lumen, the tube being implanted so as to create a serosal tunnel of stomach as it enters the gastric lumen. Called also Witzel operation.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Witzel gastrostomy
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Witzel gastrostomy (operation) — Wit·zel gastrostomy (operation) (vitґsəl) [Friedrich Oskar Witzel, German surgeon, 1856–1925] see under gastrostomy … Medical dictionary
Witzel operation — see under gastrostomy … Medical dictionary
