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Preferred term

Vagotomy, Proximal Gastric  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Vagal denervation of that part of the STOMACH lined with acid-secreting mucosa (GASTRIC MUCOSA) containing the GASTRIC PARIETAL CELLS. Since the procedure leaves the vagal branches to the antrum and PYLORUS intact, it circumvents gastric drainage required with truncal vagotomy techniques.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Vagotomy, Highly Selective
  • Vagotomy, Parietal Cell

In other languages

  • French

  • Vagotomie fundique
  • Vagotomie hautement sélective
  • Vagotomie supersélective
  • Vagotomie supra-sélective
  • Vagotomie suprasélective
  • VGP (Vagotomie Gastrique Proximale)

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-MBPD26DW-J

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