A vagotomy is a surgical procedure that involves resection of the vagus nerve. ==Types== A plain vagotomy eliminates the parasympathetic supply from the stomach to the left side of the transverse colon. Other techniques focus on branches leading from the retroperitoneum to the stomach. Highly selective vagotomy refers to denervation of only those ...
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<radiology> Effects of bilateral vagotomy (cholinergic denervation): decreased motility of stomach and intestine, decreased gastric secretions, decreased tone of gallbladder and bile ducts, increased tone of sphincters (Oddi and lower oesophageal sphincter) ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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(va-got´ә-me) interruption of the impulses carried by the vagus nerve or nerves. It may be done either surgically or chemically, but retains the surgical name because it was traditionally only surgical. The surgical procedure is done as treatment for gastric or duodenal ulcer, often in combination with gastroenter...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: vā-got′ŏ-mē Definitions: 1. Division of the vagus nerve.
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vagotomy 1. Surgical division of vagus nerves. 2. Specifically, section of thoracic and abdominal vagal branches, usually for treatment of peptic ulcer; described as selective when only gastric branches are divided and as highly selective, or superselective, when only the gastric fundus and corpus are denervated, leaving the antrum and pylorus una...
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A surgical procedure used for cutting the vagus nerve so that the stomach produces less acid.
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