Gastrectomy in A Sentence

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    Following subtotal distal gastrectomy functional long-term results might be generally better in comparison to total gastrectomy.

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    If a total gastrectomy is being performed for a more proximal tumor then this sequence of events can be changed.

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    On 1 October a consultant surgeon performed a subtotal gastrectomy (surgical removal of part of the stomach ).

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    Patients having undergone a D2 gastrectomy will inevitably undergo a vagotomy.

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    The aims of palliative gastrectomy are often to enable oral food intake, stop bleeding or relieve pain.

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    The authors present their experience with laparoscopic radical gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer.

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    The first Billroth I partial gastrectomy was performed on a 43 year old woman in 1881 for a pyloric gastric cancer.