In politics, lustration refers to the purge of government officials once affiliated with the Communist system in Central and Eastern Europe. Various forms of lustration were employed in post-communist Europe.
A gastrectomy is a partial or total surgical removal of the stomach.
The sleeve gastrectomy (Figure 1) is a purely restrictive procedure, meaning there is no intestinal bypass. It may also have a âresectiveâ or âreductiveâ quality in that a large portion of the stomach is removed, which may facilitate gastric emptying and favorably alter duodenal and ileal gut hormones.