Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
“The Gastric”
In a Gastric Bypass, the stomach is cut into two sections: a smaller upper “pouch” and larger lower “remnant”. The small intestine is cut in two and the lower intestine is attached to the upper stomach with stapler/sutures, the upper intestine is stapled/sewn to the lower intestine. Patients typically stay in the hospital for 2 nights or more.
Possible results may include:
- Weight loss
- Improvement in obesity related diseases
- Average hospital stay of 2 days
- Intestine leaks at staple/suture line
- Bleeding at staple/suture line
- Intestinal obstruction
- Difficulty swallowing
- Excess scaring of the pouch connection
- Ulcer that creates hole in intestine
- Unsatisfactory weight loss
- Unsatisfactory weight loss or weight regain
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