| oesophagocardioplasty | Plastic surgery of the oesophagus and cardiac end of the stomach. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| oesophagocele | Protrusion of the mucous membrane of the oesophagus through a tear in the muscular coat. Origin: oesophagus + G. Kele, hernia (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophagoduodenostomy | <procedure, surgery> A surgical procedure where the entire stomach is removed and the oesophagus is connected to the duodenum. (27 Sep 1997) |
| oesophagodynia | Synonym: oesophagalgia. Origin: oesophagus + G. Odyne, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophagoenterostomy | Surgical formation of a direct communication between the oesophagus and intestine. Origin: oesophagus + G. Enteron, intestine, + stoma, mouth (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophagogastrectomy | Removal of a portion of the lower oesophagus and proximal stomach for treatment of neoplasms or strictures of those organs, especially those lesions located at or near the cardioesophageal junction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophagogastric junction | Terminal end of oesophagus and beginning of stomach at the cardiac orifice; site of the physiologic inferior oesophageal sphincter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophagogastric orifice | The trumpet-shaped opening of the oesophagus into the stomach. Synonym: ostium cardiacum, cardiac opening, oesophagogastric orifice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophagogastric ring | A congenital anatomic narrowing in the lower 1/3 of the oesophagus that is the result of inappropriate embryological development of the oesophagus. Symptoms include difficulty swallowing and chest pain (under the sternum). Treatment involves the use of a fibreoptic endoscope using a dilator to open up the narrowed segment of the oesophagus. (27 Sep 1997) |
| oesophagogastric vestibule | The dilated aboral portion of the oesophagus, just above the cardiac orifice; usually it corresponds to the lumen of abdominal part of the oesophagus although its relation to the diaphragm is variable. Synonym: oesophagogastric vestibule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophagogastroanastomosis | Anastomosis of oesophagus to stomach, usually following oesophagogastrectomy. Synonym: oesophagogastroanastomosis, gastroesophagostomy. Origin: oesophagus + G. Gaster, stomach, + stoma, mouth (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophagogastroduodenoscopy | A procedure that enables the examiner (usually a gastroenterologist ) to examine the oesophagus ( swallowing tube), stomach, and duodenum ( first portion of small bowel ) using a thin flexible tube (a scope ) that can be looked through or seen on a TV monitor. Also called upper endoscopy (12 Dec 1998) |
| oesophagogastromyotomy | Treatment of oesophageal achalasia by longitudinal division of the lowest part of the oesophageal muscle down to the submucosal layer; some muscle fibres of the cardia may also be divided. Synonym: cardiomyotomy, oesophagogastromyotomy, Heller myotomy. Origin: oesophagus + G. Mys, muscle, + tome, incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophagogastroplasty | An operation on the cardia of the stomach. Synonym: oesophagogastroplasty. Origin: cardio-+ G. Plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophagogastrostomy | Anastomosis of oesophagus to stomach, usually following oesophagogastrectomy. Synonym: oesophagogastroanastomosis, gastroesophagostomy. Origin: oesophagus + G. Gaster, stomach, + stoma, mouth (05 Mar 2000) |