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gastric pouch

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gastric pouch [′gas·trik ′pau̇ch]
(invertebrate zoology)
One of the pouchlike diversions of a scyphozoan stomach.


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Stapling the stomach and vertical banded gastroplasty is used to create a secure method of dividing the stomach into a small gastric pouch, gastric band.
Two patients needed to have gastric bands replaced when they developed gastric pouch enlargement.
6) The procedure involved the creation of a small gastric pouch with a volume of 20 mL, which is isolated from the remainder of the stomach.
 
 
 
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