gastroplasty

1. Operative treatment of a defect in the stomach or the production of a gastric tube at the lower esophagus that uses the stomach wall for the reconstruction. 2. The producing of a staple line across the upper portion of the stomach to limit intake, used in severe obesity. [gastro- + G. plastos, formed]

- Collis g. a technique for lengthening a “short” esophagus; a full-thickness incision of the gastric cardia is made parallel to the lesser curvature, usually with a staple line to lengthen the esophagus by making a tube of the upper part of the stomach.

- vertical banded g. a g. for treatment of morbid obesity in which an upper gastric pouch is formed by a vertical staple line, with a band applied at the outlet into the main pouch to prevent dilation.

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n.

surgical alteration of the shape of the stomach without removal of any part. The term was originally used for correction of an acquired deformity, e.g. narrowing due to a peptic ulcer, but has more recently been applied to techniques for reducing the size of the stomach in the treatment of morbid obesity, e.g. vertical banded gastroplasty.

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gas·tro·plas·ty (gasґtro-plas″te) [gastro- + -plasty] a plastic operation on the stomach. gastroplastic adj