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Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass surgeries are combination procedures that use both restriction and malabsorption to achieve weight loss. They are the most common types of weight-loss surgery performed. The most frequently performed type of gastric bypass is called the Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB).

In RYGB, staples are used to permanently close off part of the stomach. This leaves only a small stomach pouch for the food you eat. Additionally, a Y-shaped piece derived from an upper portion of the small intestine is then attached to this small stomach pouch. As a result, food from your stomach pouch bypasses the initial sections of the intestine, which normally would absorb calories and nutrients after eating.
 
 
Advantages 
  • You eat and absorb less
  • Decreases appetite/Prolonged sense of fullness after small meals
  • Rapid initial weight loss
  • Laparoscopic procedure is minimally invasive
  • Greatest percent of excess body weight lost in a shorter period of time
  • Longer experience in U.S. Time-tested for safety and effectiveness
Disadvantages 
  • Permanent procedure
  • Requires cutting stomach, stapling and intestinal rerouting
  • Requires patient discipline/commitment to avoid nutritional deficiencies and malnutrition
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