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