The Hofmeister-Finsterer operation is a partial gastrectomy, devised by Franz von Hofmeister and based upon a procedure by Eugen Polya, later refined by Hans Finsterer, whose name became attached to it alongside Hofmeister's. In the operation the upper part of the cut end of the stomach is closed and the remaining lower portion is anastomosed with the jejunum.
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The Hofmeister-Finsterer operation is a partial gastrectomy, devised by Franz von Hofmeister, based upon a procedure by Eugen Pólya.
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