Open AccessA new operation for the elimination of gastroptosis. Pust (Münch. m. Woch., 1923)
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj78704
Subject(s) - stomach , relaxation (psychology) , anomaly (physics) , anatomy , chemistry , thermodynamics , physics , biology , medicine , biochemistry , condensed matter physics
Proceeding from the idea that gastroptosis is the result of relaxation and overstretching of the stomach musculature rather than relaxation of the ligaments suspending the stomach, the author suggests a new operation to eliminate this anomaly, which is reduced to the formation of a longitudinal fold on the stomach.