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Definition of Gastrectomy
1. Noun. Surgical removal of all or part of the stomach.
Definition of Gastrectomy
1. Noun. (context: surgery) Removal or partial removal of the stomach. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gastrectomy
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Medical Definition of Gastrectomy
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Literary usage of Gastrectomy
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1. Surgery of the Upper Abdomen by John Blair Deaver, Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst (1921)
"Difficulty of performance, as after subtotal gastrectomy, is the chief, indeed
almost the only valid, contra-indication. Kocher's method was of course ..."
2. The Principles and Practice of Surgery by John Ashhurst (1882)
"RESECTION OF THE STOMACH (gastrectomy). Resection of the Pyloric Extremity of
the Stomach was originally suggested by a young German physician mimed Merrem, ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"We may expect, then, about 10 or 15 per cent, of patients treated by gastrectomy
to be permanently cured without liability of recurrence. ..."
4. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1903)
"REPORT OF TWO CASES OF gastrectomy—WITH REMARKS. ALBERT VANDER VEER, MD, ALBANY.
AT one of the meetings of the Medical Society of the County of Albany, ..."
5. The Surgical treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers by Berkeley Moynihan Moynihan (1903)
"Partial gastrectomy is the operation of choice in cases of malignant stricture in
... 5, partial gastrectomy ; 6, gastro-enterostomy from the cardiac pouch. ..."
6. Cancer of the Stomach by Arthur William Mayo Robson (1907)
"CHAPTER IX gastrectomy ALTHOUGH so far back as 1810 Merrem, ... For gastrectomy
to be entirely successful it is desirable that the operation should be ..."
7. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1920)
"Partial gastrectomy was done and the patient made a good operative ... At operation
the lesser curvature was involved and a subtotal gastrectomy was done. ..."
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