gastrectomy

gastrectomy
Excision of a part or all of the stomach. [gastr- + G. ektome, excision]
- Hofmeister g. hofmeister operation in which a portion of the stomach is removed and a retrocolic gastrojejunostomy is constructed in an end-to-side fashion to only the greater curvature portion of the transected stomach.
- Pólya g. operation in which a portion of the stomach is removed and a retrocolic gastrojejunostomy is constructed in an end-to-side fashion to the entire cut end of the stomach. SYN: Pólya operation.

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gas·trec·to·my ga-'strek-tə-mē n, pl -mies surgical removal of all or part of the stomach

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n.
a surgical operation in which the whole or a part of the stomach is removed. Total gastrectomy, in which the oesophagus is joined to the duodenum, is usually performed for stomach cancer but occasionally for the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. In partial (or subtotal) gastrectomy the upper third or half of the stomach is joined to the duodenum or small intestine (gastroenterostomy); this operation was used in severe cases of peptic ulcer before the advent of effective drug treatment. After gastrectomy capacity for food is reduced, sometimes leading to weight loss. Other complications of gastrectomy include dumping syndrome, anaemia, and malabsorption.

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gas·trec·to·my (gas-trekґtə-me) [gastr- + -ectomy] excision of all (total g.) or part (subtotal or partial g.) of the stomach. Called also gastric resection.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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