Gastroplasty
| Definition: |
Surgical treatment of the stomach or lower esophagus 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 esophagus or the stomach. Different procedures employed include vertical (mesh) banded gastroplasty, silicone elastomer ring vertical gastroplasty and horizontal banded gastroplasty. |
| Notes: |
in ther of morbid obesity: note XR ref & do not coord with OBESITY, MORBID unless particularly discussed; do not use /util except by MeSH definition |
| Also Called: |
Collis Gastroplasty |
| Previously Indexed: |
Stomach/surgery (1966-1988) |
Gastroplasty Definitions and Terms
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