GASTRECTOMY
Do you know you can survive and live long without your stomach? funny right, well science and reason has made it very possible for people to live healthy and normal without need for their stomach. if the presence of your stomach becomes very threatening to your life as an individual as a result of complications such as stomach/gastric ulcers or cancer, it becomes very necessary to do what is needed and in this case, it is the total or partial removal of your bread basket depending on the severity of the complication. fig1.1.stomach the stomach is a major organ of digestion capable of performing functions like; food break down through its contraction and relaxation (churning), digestion of proteins, storage of food, ...