title: A peroperative technique for determining the extent of gastrectomy.
abstract: An easy, quick and practical way to determine the magnitude of gastric resection during operation consists of determining the length of the lesser and greater curvatures with a Nélaton's catheter. According to the extent of gastrectomy, different denominations should be used. If a precise antrectomy is desired, the physiologic antrum-corpus border should be determined.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011706:Pyloric Antrum / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013270:Stomach / Q000033:anatomy & histology*