Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding The adjustable gastric band is designed to divide the stomach into a small upper pouch of approximately 15 mL that can empty only gradually into the…

Pyloromyotomy Infants with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis typically develop symptoms in the first month or two of life. The history of progressive nonbilious vomiting, occurring right after feeding, is classic. Palpation…

Pyloric Exclusion and Duodenal Diverticulization Injuries of the duodenum can be difficult to manage. In this chapter, exposure of the duodenum from the pylorus to the suspensory ligament of duodenum…

Truncal Vagotomy and Pyloroplasty and Highly Selective Vagotomy Vagotomy is (rarely) performed to decrease the stimulus to acid output by the parietal cells. Most peptic ulcers respond to eradication of…

Laparoscopic Gastric Resection Laparoscopically assisted gastric resection is used for benign disease or for palliation of malignancy. The laparoscopic portion may be limited to mobilization, with an extracorporeal anastomosis. Although…

Laparoscopic Gastrojejunostomy Laparoscopic gastrojejunostomy is a simple procedure that may be used when palliation of malignant upper gastrointestinal obstruction is required. It has the same drawbacks as the corresponding open…

Gastric Resection with D2 Nodal Dissection for Gastric Adenocarcinoma Hisakazu Hoshi As the incidence of gastric cancer declines, gastrectomy for gastric carcinoma is becoming one of the rarely performed operations…

Gastric Resection – Subtotal Gastrectomy for Benign Disease Gastric resection, or gastrectomy, is now performed mainly for treatment of gastric carcinoma. Benign ulcer disease, formerly a major indication, is still…

Laparoscopic Plication of Perforated Duodenal Ulcer Laparoscopic plication is an easy way to manage a simple small anterior perforation of a duodenal ulcer. SCORE™, the Surgical Council on Resident Education,…

Plication of Perforated Duodenal Ulcer Small anterior perforations of duodenal ulcers are treated by Graham patch plication, which may sometimes be performed laparoscopically (see Chapter 52). Larger perforations may require…