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Why do patients with gastrectomy have to eat small quantities of food frequently ?
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See below: Gastrectomy means surgery to remove a portion or all of the stomach. The stomach is thus made smaller, cannot hold as much, and one would need to eat smaller & more frequent meals to avoid discomfort & vomiting. This type of surgery may be done for caner, stomach ulcers, or for bariatric purposes.
Answered 3/5/2013
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