The gallbladder concentrates and stores bile as a pear-shaped sac which it can release to help digestion after a fatty meal.
Transillumination of esophageal mucosa after myotomy
A robotic myotomy is complete when transillumination with a gastroscope (a scope placed through the mouth and passed down the esophagus) demonstrates that the mucosa is bulging without the hypertrophic tissue causing an obstruction.
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