All you need to know about gastric bypass surgery

Gastric bypass surgery is a procedure where in a stomach is separated into a smaller pouch and a lower pouch that is connected in a small intestine that is rearranged. Now gastric bypass surgery is considered a gold standard for losing weight surgery because it’s the most common and has the most success rate and higher prognosis.

The effect of this surgery will make a patient feel full already even with little or minimal food intake. This is because of the bypass, bypassing some parts of the intestine that absorbs the food and malabsorption occurs.

Advantages of gastric bypass surgery:

• Has a long term effect

• You will have no choice but to ingest small amounts of food

• Energy is not wasted and can be properly distributed

• Will affect hormones in a way that it can reduce appetite

Disadvantages:

• A complex complication and in general has a potential to have a greater complication.

• Long term vitamin and mineral deficiency

• Longer hospital stay

• Will require long term dietary supplementation (for strict compliance) because of protein, calorie, vitamins and mineral deficiency.

Other information you ought to know:

The procedure is not just done because of just weight loss, there are certain medical illnesses like type 2 Diabetes, hyperlipidemia, obstructive sleep apnea, high blood pressure, gastroesophageal reflux disease, venous thromboembolic disease and severe lower back and joint pain can be a determining factor for doctors to recommend this.

Risks of the surgery:

Generally there are risks in surgery like: Allergic reaction to the anesthesia, breathing problems, bleeding and infections.

Specific risks are: Gastritis, ulcers, heartburn, Intestinal or stomach injury, leaking on the incision or staples, hernia, bowel obstruction, vomiting, dumping syndrome.