Meaning & use
Cardioplasty
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A surgical procedure to reconstruct or repair the cardia, the muscular junction between the esophagus and the stomach, often performed to treat swallowing disorders.
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The surgeon recommended a cardioplasty to relieve the patient's chronic difficulty swallowing.
Cardioplasty techniques have evolved significantly since the procedure was first developed.
A note on using this word
Despite the "cardio-" prefix, this term concerns the cardia of the stomach rather than the heart, a common source of confusion with heart-related words like "cardioplegia."
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