Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

 

This procedure has been classified as the "gold standard" of obesity surgery. It has been done for more than 50 years with very good results in terms of weight loss and control of other metabolic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension.

 

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery is performed in two main stages. During the first, the stomach's capacity is reduced, dividing it into two unequal parts, leaving a small gastric reservoir of approximately

40 ml. capacity.

Subsequently, the intestinal bypass or bypass is performed, dividing the small intestine (jejunum) to connect it at one end to the stomach and the other end to the small intestine again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The change in the size of the stomach and the redirection of the intestine are designed to cause the patient to consume smaller amounts of food and not fully absorb all that is ingested.

Because the food will come into contact with a smaller portion of the intestine, a good part of the nutritional and caloric elements of the food will not be processed or absorbed. Gastric bypass is a technique that allows obese patients to lose weight faster and maintain it over time.

 

This technique, like the rest of surgical procedures to treat obesity, gives the tools to lose weight, but it is the committed patient who must incorporate healthy eating habits in addition to an adequate physical activity plan to achieve recovery goals. of health and desirable weight loss and maintained over time.

 

What people could benefit from a Gastric Bypass?

 

• Women and men with obesity or a BMI greater than 35 associated with other diseases (diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, osteoarthritis, among others).

• People with obesity or a BMI greater than 40.

• Obese patients who suffer from other diseases that are difficult to control such as diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, sleep apnea and osteoarthritis, among others.

• Women and men with obesity in whom other surgical procedures are contraindicated.

 

What are the advantages of Gastric Bypass?

 

• This procedure is performed with minimal incisions leaving very small scars.

• The surgery is performed with a minimally invasive technique that allows a reduction in hospitalization time and faster recovery.

• It improves reflux in a large percentage of patients since by isolating a large part of the stomach, acid cannot go up to the esophagus and injure it.

• The results of more than 60% of the excess weight lost in the first year after surgery support this technique.

• During the procedure, no devices or prostheses (such as the band or the balloon) are placed that later have to be monitored or removed.

• Better control or remission of metabolic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea among others.