Surgical treatment of the stomach or lower oesophagus used to decrease the size of the stomach. The procedure is used mainly in the treatment of morbid obesity and to correct defects in the lower oesophagus or the stomach. Different procedures employed include vertical (mesh) banded gastroplasty, silicone elastomer ring vertical gastroplasty and ho...
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(gas´tro-plas″te) plastic repair of the stomach. vertical banded gastroplasty a form of gastric partitioning in which a vertical pouch is created in the upper stomach, banded with nonabsorbable mesh to prevent dilatation of the stoma.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: gas′trō-plas′tē Definitions: 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 gastric capacity and thereby i...
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