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You have had an operation on your stomach. The operation involved fixing your stomach using sutures in your abdomen.

The stomach is located in the upper left abdomen. The stomach stores food and breaks it down further. Harmful pathogens are also killed by gastric acid in the stomach. The stomach thus prepares the food for digestion in the intestines.

The stomach normally lies below the diaphragm in the abdomen. Your stomach has been stitched to your diaphragm or to the wall of your abdomen. This has stabilized your stomach in your abdomen. The aim of this type of operation is to prevent parts of the stomach from moving upwards through the diaphragm into the chest cavity.

A laparoscopy was first carried out so that your stomach could be operated on. A laparoscopy first involves making a small incision in the abdomen. A tube with a camera is pushed through this incision into the abdomen. This camera sends pictures of the inside of the abdomen to a screen. Tools such as forceps and scissors can be inserted through other small incisions in the abdomen.

Then your abdomen was opened for the operation by making a large incision through your skin.