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Gastrectomy: Surgery to remove part of all of the stomach.
n. , pl. , -mies . Surgical excision of part or all of the stomach.
Gastrectomy, the removal of part or all of the stomach, is performed in cases of stomach cancer, gastric ulcers, or polyps.
Gastrectomy is surgery to remove part or all of the stomach. If only part of the stomach is removed, it is called partial gastrectomy; If the whole stomach ...
Gastrectomy Definition. Gastrectomy is the surgical removal of all or part of the stomach. Purpose. Gastrectomy is performed for several reasons, most commonly to ...
Purpose Gastrectomy is performed most commonly to treat the following conditions: stomach cancer bleeding gastric ulcer perforation of the stomach wall