- Roux-en-Y anastomosis (operation)
- (roo-en-wi) (Fr. roo″ahn-e-grekґ) [Cйsar Roux, Swiss surgeon, 1857–1926] see under anastomosis.
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Roux-en-Y anastomosis (operation)
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