Surgical alteration of the shape and capacity of the stomach, without removing any part. Has been used as a treatment for severe obesity.
A surgical alteration of the stomach, frequently for losing weight.
Surgery to correct a deformed stomach.
Reduction of the stomach size via surgery.
Surgical procedure for severe obesity in which the size and volume capacity of the stomach are reduced by staples or intestinal bypass.
Surgical treatment of a deformity of the stomach, as in pyloroplasty for a deformity due to duodenal ulcers.
Plastic surgery of the stomach. This procedure has been used in several ways to decrease the size of the stomach to treat morbid obesity; its success is variable.
Within the realm of surgical interventions, there exists a procedure aimed at diminishing the digestive capacity through the act of either abbreviating the length of the small intestine or reducing the dimensions of the stomach.