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Your stomach has been surgically reduced in size.

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 is curved, like a longish sack.

The operation involved folding a part of your stomach in on itself lengthwise. The part that was folded in was stitched up. Post-surgery, the part folded in is an inwards fold in your stomach. As a result, your stomach is narrower than it was. This has made your stomach’s capacity far less than it was previously.

To operate on your stomach, your chest was opened by making an incision in your skin. Your stomach was operated on through your diaphragm. The diaphragm separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity. The stomach lies in the abdomen below the diaphragm.