Definition of vagotomy in English:
vagotomy
nounPlural vagotomiesveɪˈɡɒtəmiveɪˈɡɑdəmi
mass nounA surgical operation in which one or more branches of the vagus nerve are cut, typically to reduce the rate of gastric secretion (e.g. in treating peptic ulcers)
some of these patients had had vagotomy in the past
count noun a vagotomy was completed
Example sentencesExamples
- Truncal vagotomy to reduce gastric acid production is the preferred surgical management approach.
- The effects of the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor on the response to histamine were mimicked by vagotomy or selective nerve blockade with tetrodotoxin.
- Apneustic breathing can be experimentally induced in animals by transecting the spinal cord between the pneumotaxic center and the lower brainstem in combination with bilateral vagotomy.
- The patient underwent an exploratory laparotomy, resection of the gastric mass, pyloroplasty, truncal vagotomy, and cyst duodenostomy.
- All gastric operations involving vagotomy included the breach of the pylorus, usually by pyloroplasty.
Derivatives
adjective
Animals were subsequently vagotomized, and the protocol was repeated.
Example sentencesExamples
- Previous studies demonstrating a significant endogenous 5 - HT drive to the HMN were performed in anesthetized or decerebrate vagotomized animals.
- All of the contractile and relaxant responses evoked by these stimuli were absent in vagotomized animals.
- He has similarly reported on 25 vagotomized patients suffering from duodenal ulcers.
- Thus, it appears that the potential role of 5 - HT in modulating pharyngeal muscle activity might be overestimated in animal experiments using reduced, vagotomized preparations.