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feltextending back to midway between the xiphisternum and the umbilicus and istherefore readily accessible via a midline
 
feltextending back to midway between the xiphisternum and the umbilicus and istherefore readily accessible via a midline
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celiotomy.As much as 30 - 40 kg have been removed via a gastrotomy but postoperativelynormal gastric motility was not
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restoredand impaction recurred (Edwards 1997). Reduction of stomach volume by partialresection of its flaccid wall was
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similarlyunsuccessful (Huskamp et al 2000). At post mortem examination there is markedtransmural hypertrophy of the
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non-glandularregion of the stomach particularly near the cardia, and large chronic ulcersalong the margo plicatus. The
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contentsof the body and fundic area are foetid and fermenting, and clearly have beenretained for several weeks or longer.
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Themost recently ingested food passes directly from the cardia to the pylorus. (Pylorus)
    
==References==
 
==References==
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