Type of Surgery
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Last updated: 11/24/2009
BOOKS
"Disorders of the Stomach and Duodenum." In The Merck Manual. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck & Co., Inc., 1992.
"Stomach and Duodenum: Complications of Surgery for Peptic Ulcer Disease." In Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, edited by Mark Feldman et al. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1998.
PERIODICALS
Fujiwara, M., et al. "Laparoscopy-Assisted Distal Gastrectomy with Systemic Lymph Node Dissection for Early Gastric Carcinoma: A Review of 43 Cases."Journal of the American College of Surgeons 196 (January 2003): 75–81.
Iseki, J., et al. "Feasibility of Central Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer."Surgery 133 (January 2003): 75–81.
Kim, Y. W., H. S. Han, and G. D. Fleischer. "Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy."Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques 13 (February 2003): 26–30.
Kono, K., et al. "Improved Quality of Life with Jejunal Pouch Reconstruction after Total Gastrectomy."American Journal of Surgery 185 (February 2003): 150–154.
ORGANIZATIONS
American College of Gastroenterology. 4900-B South 31st St., Arlington, VA 22206. (703) 820-7400.
American Gastroenterological Association (AGA). 4930 Del Ray Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814. (301) 654-2055.
OTHER
Mayo Clinic Online: Gastrectomy.
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Other Information
Gastrostomy refers to a surgical opening into the stomach. Creation of an artificial external opening into the stomach for nutritional support or gastrointestinal compression. Typically this would include an incision in the patient's epigastrium as part of a formal operation. It can be performed through surgical approach or percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG).
The opening may be used for feeding, such as with a gastrostomy tube.
Other Information
Biliary colic is the presenting symptom in 80% of patients with gallstone disease who seek medical care; however, only 10-20% of all individuals with gallstones experience severe gallstone pain.
From: eMedicine
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