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yoooooman

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on: Aug 20, 2018
Patient X, a male cancer patient, has undergone a gastric resection resulting in anastamosis of the stomach to the duodenum. What type of gastric surgery procedure is this called?
 a. Vagotomy with pyloroplasty
  b. Roux-en-Y procedure
  c. Billroth II
  d. Billroth I

Question 2

Body water content declines throughout the life span and often falls below _______________ percent in adults older than 65 years old.
 Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


blfontai

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Reply #1 on: Aug 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

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