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What is a gastrectomy?

What is a gastrectomy? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (surgery) Removal or partial removal of the stomach.
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The patient's symptoms continued, and approximately 1 month later, a therapeutic gastrectomy was performed.
This is called a partial gastrectomy, as part of the stomach has to be removed as well.
Distribution of surgery was partial gastrectomy, total gastrectomy, and pancreatic resection.
A total gastrectomy was performed and was submitted to pathologic examination.
One week later, he had a new onset of gastrointestinal bleeding and underwent a near-total gastrectomy and cholecystectomy.
He applied the principles of partial gastrectomy to women who were obese and found that they lost weight.

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