Gastrotomy

The gastrotomy (from ancient Greek γαστήρ 'stomach' and ancient Greek τομή 'cut' ) is an operative opening of the stomach .

The gastrotomy is used to remove foreign bodies, to stretch the cardia (stomach entrance) or esophagus , to stop bleeding or to take tissue samples. The simple gastrotomy - especially for diagnostic purposes - has largely been replaced by gastroscopy .

A special form of gastrotomy is the cardiomyotomy (from ancient Greek καρδία kardia , German 'heart' , here: 'stomach entrance', μύο 'muscle' and τομή 'cut') according to Gottstein and Heller, in which the serosa and muscularis of the cardia and the distal The esophagus (gullet) are severed, but the lining of the stomach and esophagus remain intact. This procedure is performed, for example, in case of achalasia .

See also

• Gastrostomy
• Gastrectomy

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• Roche Lexicon Medicine, 4th edition; Munich 1999

Individual evidence

1. ^ Georg Gottstein : About the operative treatment of cardiospasm. 76th Assembly of German naturalists and doctors in Breslau. Surgery Section. In: Zentralblatt für Chirurgie. Volume 31, 1904, p. 1362 f.