partitioning of the stomach by rows of staples; used to treat severe obesity.A type of ‘restrictive’ surgery for morbid obesity in which a band and staples are used to create a small gastric pouch.
gastric stapling
Stomach stapling, see there.
gas·tric stap·ling
(gas'trik stāp'ling) Partitioning of the stomach by rows of staples; used to treat morbid obesity.