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Vinony

fundoplication

noun

  1. mobilization of the lower end of the esophagus and plication of the fundus of the stomach up around it
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From fundus and plication.

  1. An operation in which the gastric fundus (upper part) of the stomach is wrapped, or plicated, around the lower end of the esophagus and stitched in place, reinforcing the closing function of the lower esophageal sphincter. The esophageal hiatus is also narrowed down by sutures to prevent or treat concurrent hiatal hernia, in which the fundus slides up through the enlarged esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm.