| gastric pacemaker |
a saddle-shaped area of the greater curvature of the stomach at the junction of its proximal and middle thirds, where originate electric potentials which regulate the frequency of gastric contractions.
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| gastric partitioning |
a form of gastroplasty in which a small stomach pouch is formed whose filling signals satiety; used in treatment of morbid obesity. Called also gastric stapling.
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| gastric polyposis |
the presence of multiple polyps on the gastric mucosa.
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| gastric lavage |
Gastric lavage is the process of cleaning out the contents of the stomach. Typically, a nasogastric tube is placed through the nose and threaded to the stomach; water is then introduced into the stomach and sucked out again, bringing along stomach contents. Nasogastric lavage is most commonly used when gastric bleeding is present, both to diagnose the hemorrhage and remove the blood. ...
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| gastric bypass |
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, or simply gastric bypass surgery, is a procedure almost exclusively used in surgical weight-loss applications to correct morbid obesity. The procedure involves stomach stapling to reduce the stomach to a "pouch" of 30-60 mL (1–2 fl. oz.) in capacity and connecting this pouch at a point midway along the small intestine. ...
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