Category: G

A surgical operation to open up the stomach. A procedure during abdominal surgery in which the stomach is opened, usually to allow inspection of the interior (e.g. to find a point of bleeding), to remove a foreign body, or to allow the esophagus to be approached from below (e.g. to pull down a tube through…

A surgical operation to create an opening into the stomach from the wall of the abdomen, so that food can be introduced without passing through the mouth and throat. Surgical creation of an artificial opening into the stomach through the abdominal wall, done to allow artificial feeding (gastrogavage) in cases of prolonged unconsciousness or esophageal…

An instrument formed of a tube or bundle of glass fibres with a lens attached, which a doctor can pass down into the stomach through the mouth to examine the inside of the stomach. A type of lighted endoscope, swallowed by the patient and used by doctors in visually examining the stomach. An illuminated optical…

An excessive flow of gastric juices.  

A condition in which the stomach hangs low in the abdomen. Although the diagnosis was once used to explain various abdominal complaints, it is now considered that the stomach may assume various anatomical positions without causing any symptoms. Downward displacement of the stomach, a condition that rarely causes symptoms or illness. A downward drooping of…

A surgical operation to attach the stomach to the wall of the abdomen. Suturing of the stomach to the abdominal walls for correction of displacement. A surgical procedure in which the stomach is sutured to the abdominal wall to correct displacement.  

The return of bitter-tasting, partly digested food from the stomach to the oesophagus. A disorder in which the contents of the stomach back up into the oesophagus because the usual neuromuscular mechanisms for preventing this are intermittently or permanently failing to work properly. If persistent, the failure may cause oesophagitis inflammation of the oesophagus. If…

The study of the stomach and diseases of the stomach. The examination of stomach disorders.  

A calculus in the stomach. A stone in the stomach, which usually builds up around a bezoar.  

A surgical operation to join the jejunum to the stomach. Known as the Billroth II procedure, in which a connection between the stomach and the jejunum is surgically created. A surgically created connection between the stomach and small intestine that is specifically designed to bypass the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine into…