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Gastroplication is valve

Gastroplication valve (gastroplicatio valvularis; Greek gaster, gastros – a stomach + lat. plico, plicatum – to curtail, put) – surgery at which sewing up of walls of a cardial part of a stomach around an abdominal part of a gullet for formation of the valve at an incompetence of cardia is carried out.

 
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