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Why should it be done? of Gastrectomy

A partial gastrectomy may be necessary in people with stomach ulcers or stomach cancer. 

Severely bleeding stomach ulcers, ulcers that are perforating the stomach wall or ulcers that are failing to heal with any other treatment may require a partial gastrectomy.