Gastric Bypass

• 40 years in use with extensive information
  and results
• 70% to 90% excess weight loss
• Up to 90% diabetes control
• 60% reduction in mortality from obesityrelated cancer
• 56% reduction in mortality from coronary artery disease
• Good control of reflux

• <5% risk of ulcer in the anastomosis and staple line bleeding
• 20% to 30% of dumping syndrome and gallstones
• Internal hernia risk
• Nutritional deficiency requiring supplementation

This operation usually takes 1 to 2 hours and involves several small cuts on the abdomen for surgical instruments and telescope, creating a tunnel behind the stomach, which will be used to pass a stapling device that staples the stomach to create a smaller pouch.

A loop of small bowel is brought up and joined to the newly created narrow stomach.