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  2. Vertical banded gastroplasty surgery - Wikipedia

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    Stomach stapling is more effective when combined with a malabsorptive technique, in which part of the digestive tract is bypassed, reducing the absorption of calories and nutrients. Combined restrictive and malabsorptive techniques are called gastric bypass techniques, of which Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RGB) is the most common.

  3. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy - Wikipedia

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    A gastrostomy can also be used to treat volvulus of the stomach, where the stomach twists along one of its axes. The tube (or multiple tubes) is used for gastropexy, or adhering the stomach to the abdominal wall, preventing twisting of the stomach. [2] A PEG tube can be used in providing gastric or post-surgical drainage. [6]

  4. Gastric volvulus - Wikipedia

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    Gastric volvulus or volvulus of stomach is a twisting of all or part of the stomach by more than 180 degrees with obstruction of the flow of material through the stomach, variable loss of blood supply and possible tissue death. The twisting can occur around the long axis of the stomach, called organoaxial, or around the axis perpendicular to ...

  5. Gastrostomy - Wikipedia

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    A gastrostomy is the creation of an artificial external opening into the stomach for nutritional support or gastric decompression. Typically this would include an incision in the patient's epigastrium as part of a formal operation. When originally devised over a century ago the procedure was completed through open surgery using the Stamm ...

  6. Upper gastrointestinal series - Wikipedia

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    An upper gastrointestinal series, also called a barium swallow, barium study, or barium meal, is a series of radiographs used to examine the gastrointestinal tract for abnormalities. A contrast medium , usually a radiocontrast agent such as barium sulfate mixed with water, is ingested or instilled into the gastrointestinal tract, and X-rays are ...

  7. Gastric intubation - Wikipedia

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    Nasogastric intubation is a medical process involving the insertion of a plastic tube (nasogastric tube or NG tube) through the nose, down the esophagus, and down into the stomach. Orogastric intubation is a similar process involving the insertion of a plastic tube (orogastric tube) through the mouth. [1] Abraham Louis Levin invented the NG tube.

  8. List of plastic surgery flaps - Wikipedia

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    Abdominal wall [1] / Open tibial fractures / Esophageal reconstruction [2] Becker flap: Fasciocutaneous: Interpolation: Hand reconstruction Deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap [3] Cutaneous: Free flap: Free flap breast reconstruction: Dufourmental flap: Cutaneous: Rotation/Transposition: Estlander flap: Cutaneous: Transposition ...

  9. Esophageal dysphagia - Wikipedia

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    Esophageal dysphagia is a form of dysphagia where the underlying cause arises from the body of the esophagus, lower esophageal sphincter, or cardia of the stomach, usually due to mechanical causes or motility problems. [1]