The pylorus (/paɪˈlɔːrəs/ or /pɪˈloʊrəs/) connects the stomach to the duodenum. The pylorus is considered as having two parts, the pyloric antrum (opening...

opening from the stomach to the first part of the small intestine (the pylorus). Symptoms include projectile vomiting without the presence of bile. This...

technique is that the pylorus, and thus normal gastric emptying, should in theory be preserved. There is conflicting data as to whether pylorus-preserving...

Pylorus or Pyloros was a town of ancient Crete, south of Gortyna. Its site is located near modern Plora. Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.12.20. Richard...

is the main, central region of the stomach. The pylorus opens to the body of the stomach. The pylorus (from Greek 'gatekeeper') connects the stomach to...

the opening at the lower part of the stomach, also known as the pylorus. When the pylorus thickens, it becomes difficult for food to pass through. The surgery...

point between the right and left portions of the stomach, the body and the pylorus. An imaginary line drawn perpendicular to the lesser curvature of the stomach...

the pylorus through the abdominal wall. This can either be done laparoscopically or with an "open" procedure. In either case, the once the pylorus is accessed...

first part, or superior part, of the duodenum is a continuation from the pylorus to the transpyloric plane. It is superior (above) to the rest of the segments...

bladder are usually removed, the small intestine is brought up to the Pylorus (the valve at the bottom of the stomach) and the liver and pancreatic digestive...

artery is a short blood vessel that supplies oxygenated blood to the liver, pylorus of the stomach, duodenum, pancreas, and gallbladder. It arises from the...

tissues such as the breast. Gastric adenocarcinoma, especially at the pylorus, is the most common source. Krukenberg tumors are often (over 80%) found...

a medical condition where there is an obstruction at the level of the pylorus, which is the outlet of the stomach. Individuals with gastric outlet obstruction...

stage. The endoscope is quickly passed through the stomach and through the pylorus to examine the first and second parts of the duodenum. Once this has been...

xiphisternum and the umbilicus. The plane in most cases cuts through the pylorus of the stomach, the tips of the ninth costal cartilages and the lower border...

superior part of) the duodenum just distal to the stomach; it begins at the pylorus and ends at the neck of the gallbladder. It is normally about 5 centimeters...

sphincter, the pylorus, releases food to the intestine at intervals. Many fish have finger-shaped pouches, pyloric caeca, around the pylorus, of doubtful...

curvature is a branch of the posterior vagal trunk which supplies the pylorus. It is cut in selective vagotomy and preserved in highly selective vagotomy...

I, more formally Billroth's operation I, is an operation in which the pylorus is removed and the distal stomach is anastomosed directly to the duodenum...

a small blood vessel in the abdomen. It supplies blood directly to the pylorus (distal part of the stomach) and proximal part of the duodenum. It also...

between the esophagus and stomach and an obstruction of outflow through the pylorus. Hypergastrinaemia has been hypothesised as a cause of GDV. Pyloric hypertrophy...

intrinsic factor. The pyloric glands are located in the antrum of the pylorus. They secrete gastrin produced by their G cells. There are millions of...

faeces along. This is generally when one gets the urge to defecate. The pylorus of the stomach has a thickened portion of the inner circular layer: the...

mechanism involved is the inadequate removal of the distal antrum and pylorus during resection of the antrum and gastrojejunostomy. Lack of the usual...

cartilage of the ninth rib; it then turns to the right, to the end of the pylorus. Directly opposite the incisura angularis of the lesser curvature the greater...

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extension tube (PEG-J tube) through the PEG tube and into the jejunum via the pylorus. PEG administration of enteral feeds is the most commonly used method of...

intrinsic factor varies in different species. In pigs it is obtained from the pylorus and beginning of the duodenum; in human beings it is present in the fundus...

denote entrances to 3-5 tubular gastric glands. They are deeper in the pylorus than they are in the other parts of the stomach. The human stomach has...

the terminal ileum. In infants with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, the pylorus is narrowed and the radio-opaque material will take on the appearance of...