Gastric Bypass Surgery

Gastric bypass is considered the standard surgery against which other bariatric procedures should be compared.  It has been performed in countless patients during the last 34 years.

As science has progressed many improvements have made this technique the safest and most effective way to obtain permanent weight loss in concert with health and wellbeing.

In this procedure, the stomach is divided in two sections. The upper part is used to create a small gastric chamber that restricts the amount of food a patient can consume.  

After this process, the small intestine is measured and carefully sectioned to make the connections responsible for modifying the normal digestive process.

The size of the stomach pouch and the length of the small intestine that is bypassed are carefully calculated to ensure that you will be able to eat enough for your body's needs at normal weight.

Once each section is hermetically sealed, the lower part of the small intestine is connected to the newly created stomach.

A new exit from this pouch is made into a 'Y' loop and connected to the mid portion of the small intestine so the food bypasses your old stomach as well as part of the small intestine.

This means that fewer calories are absorbed as the food passes through your body (malabsorption). Your weight will fall to a healthy BMI status, and then stabilize.