gastrectomies
- plural of gastrectomy.
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Also, a majority of the stomach that secretes ghrelin, the hunger hormone, is removed in sleeve gastrectomies.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
It is clear that obesity, and the stigma associated with it, can’t be solved by hundreds of millions of gastric bypasses and sleeve gastrectomies.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 19, 2016
Though Dr. Wangensteen pioneered in gastrectomies, did hundreds in 35 years, he was never fully satisfied with the results.
From Time Magazine Archive
For a year, Wangensteen and his assistants have done no gastrectomies on patients with severe but uncomplicated duodenal ulcers.
From Time Magazine Archive
