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To successfully lose weight, most people benefit from eating a healthy diet and exercising regularly. However, for many other people, neither diet nor exercise can solve their problems with body weight. Gastric bypass surgery was developed to treat morbid obesity in people who are unable to lose weight through diet and exercise alone. more »
People have a natural curiosity about gastric surgery intended to aid weight loss. It can seem like a "magic bullet" for those who are severely obese. However, weight-loss surgery does not mean you will instantly and permanently lose the unwanted extra pounds. It requires a commitment to a change in eating habits. Gastric bypass is... more »
Gastric bypass surgery is a procedure in which the stomach is made smaller by the use of a band or surgical staples, then connected to the middle portion of the small intestine, effectively bypassing a large portion of the stomach and the entire top of the small intestine. In recent years, gastric bypass surgery as a treatment for... more »
Gastric bypass surgery has earned a lot of recognition in recent years as a way for obese people to get down to a healthy weight. As with any surgery, there are risks involved, and the recovery can often be difficult and painful. Many people who have undergone this surgery have had great results, including the elimination of heart... more »
Gastric bypass is a form of bariatric weight loss surgery where a large part of the stomach is separated and the intestines are rerouted to attach to the remaining small part of the stomach. The new stomach is a pouch just large enough to hold several grapes or nuts. This surgery causes rapid weight loss and helps prevent and resolve... more »
If you are extremely overweight and have been unable to lose the weight through diet and...
If you’re considerably overweight despite your diet and exercise endeavors, weight loss...
Surgery is becoming an increasingly popular means of weight loss for people who are severely...
Are you considering gastric band surgery, also known as lap band, to help you lose weight? If...
For people who are obese, gastric bypass surgery is a way for them to lose the weight needed to live a healthy life. This surgery is a major... more »
Gastric bypass surgery is a weight loss surgery for the morbidly obese. It should be used only as a last resort. To be considered for gastric... more »
Gastric bypass surgery is a type of bariatric surgery that aids morbidly obese patients with weight loss. It is a division of the stomach and... more »
Gastric bypass surgery, a type of bariatric surgery, addresses the common health problem of obesity. By stapling part of the stomach shut and... more »
Gastric bypass surgery is a weight loss procedure for obese people who have tried and failed to lose weight using diet and exercise. Doctors... more »
Gastric bypass procedures (GBP) are any of a group of similar operations used to treat morbid obesity—the severe accumulation of excess weight as fatty tissue—and the health problems (comorbidities) it causes. Bariatric surgery is the term encompassing all of the surgical treatments for morbid obesity, not just gastric bypasses, which make up only one class of such operations.
A gastric bypass first divides the stomach into a small upper pouch and a much larger, lower "remnant" pouch and then re-arranges the small intestine to allow both pouches to stay connected to it. Surgeons have developed several different ways to reconnect the intestine, thus leading to several different GBP names. Any GBP leads to a marked reduction in the functional volume of the stomach, accompanied by an altered physiological and psychological response to food. The resulting weight loss, typically dramatic, markedly reduces comorbidities. The long-term mortality rate of gastric bypass patients has been shown to be reduced by up to 40%; however, complications are common and surgery-related death occurs within one month in 2% of patients.
Surgical indications
Gastric bypass is indicated for the surgical treatment of morbid obesity, a diagnosis which is made when the patient is seriously obese, has been unable to achieve satisfactory and sustained weight loss by dietary efforts, and is suffering from co-morbid conditions which are either life-threatening or a serious impairment to the quality of life.
In the past, serious obesity was interpreted to mean weighing at least more than the "ideal body weight", an actuarially determined body weight at which one was estimated to be likely to live the longest, as determined by the life insurance industry. This criterion failed for persons of short stature.
In 1991, the National Institutes of Health sponsored a consensus panel whose recommendations have set the current standard for consideration of surgical treatmen read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastric+bypass+surgery
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