How to Use gastrectomy in a Sentence

gastrectomy

noun
  • Gay had a sleeve gastrectomy in 2018.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2026
  • After a gastrectomy, people need to eat smaller more frequent meals.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
  • This type of bezoar tends to occur in people who have had stomach surgery, such as gastric bypass or partial gastrectomy.
    — Jay N. Yepuri, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The most common type of surgery is a sleeve gastrectomy, which involves removing about 80% of the stomach.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 14 July 2023
  • However, following the surgery — called a gastrectomy — changes in diet and activity need to be made as the body adjusts.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Since a sleeve gastrectomy surgery removes a portion of the stomach, those who undergo the surgery must commit to a string of changes in their diet and fitness routines.
    — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, which sits comfortably in first place, has been around for nearly 14 years.
    — Andrea K. McDaniels, baltimoresun.com, 17 May 2017
  • During a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, surgeons cut away a large portion of the stomach, making the organ smaller and sleeve-shaped.
    — Fox News, 10 May 2017
  • The complaint states that the child will develop cancer without a preventive gastrectomy, or stomach removal.
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The first Māori to undergo prophylactic gastrectomies were the family that warned Paringatai’s about the cancer gene.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
  • But even Coit, who is among the more skeptical of surgery, recommends prophylactic gastrectomies for people with a strong family history.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The scientists operated on obese mice, performing a type of bariatric surgery called vertical sleeve gastrectomy that involves removing most of the stomach.
    — Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, 7 Dec. 2017
  • The family found a more experienced surgeon in a bigger hospital in Auckland; the next 10 gastrectomies were a success.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
  • That said, for the most popular surgery types — gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy — patients are expected to lose 25 percent to 35 percent of their body weight in one to two years.
    — Michelle Lent, Philly.com, 10 Sep. 2017
  • The most common bariatric procedures for people with Type 2 diabetes are Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery and sleeve gastrectomy.
    — Markham Heid, Time, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Because this form of cancer can metastasize so quickly and unpredictably, the only surefire method of prevention is a complete removal of the stomach, or total gastrectomy.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
  • His lab continues to investigate diffuse gastric cancer, with the hope of developing a treatment or drug that makes a total gastrectomy obsolete.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Against the odds, Abd El Aty underwent a successful laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in March.
    — Amy B Wang, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2017
  • The most common procedures are laparoscopic gastric bypass and the laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2017
  • Total gastrectomies had been performed before, in patients whose stomachs were already ridden with tumors—but never routinely in healthy people who did not have cancer and may ultimately never have cancer at all.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Last April, prior to her sentencing, the dance instructor underwent a sleeve gastrectomy, a procedure that reduced her stomach by 80 percent.
    — Fox News, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The majority of patients had undergone gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy, while a smaller number had adjustable gastric banding or a duodenal switch procedure.
    — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2019
  • Also, the majority of patients struggle with poor quality of life and lack of long-term success which has become increasingly notorious lately with the rise and acceptance of sleeve gastrectomy.
    — Andrea K. McDaniels, baltimoresun.com, 17 May 2017
  • Feinstein underwent a sleeve gastrectomy, which was performed robotically.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 27 Oct. 2019
  • One 2020 study found that, three to six years following a sleeve gastrectomy or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedure, about one-quarter of patients had regained their weight.
    — Markham Heid, Time, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Although doctors – and even parents – don’t always agree, Fox believes that weight-loss medications and surgical procedures such as gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy should be an option for children.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The treatment protocol would include chemotherapy, followed by a gastrectomy with the possibility of radiation.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Wanting to finally get healthy, Stolfi decided to undergo vertical sleeve gastrectomy surgery in July 2017.
    — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Pinterest Abd El Aty underwent a successful laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy surgery in March and dropped 713 lbs.
    — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 26 Sep. 2017
  • All underwent either laparoscopic gastric bypass or laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.
    — Alan Mozes, chicagotribune.com, 21 Mar. 2018

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