20 Aralık 2009 Pazar

Gastric Bypass Surgery

This procedure is the most used method in the world for obesity treatment. First, stomach volume is reduced, therefore the food quantity have taken by the patient is decreased. Secondly, food absorption is decreased due to shortening of the covered way in intestine.

This operation should be more preferred particularly at the patients with sweet eating (nutrition with high calorie diet) habit. Because this group of patients are nourished with small quantities but high calorie foods. Achieving enough weight loss may be problem at the surgical operations those only have restricted the food intake. Beside the stomach volume has been decreased, gastric banding operation also provides discharge of the foods without being useful for the body by affecting the absortion of the foods have been eaten.
The patients loss 70-80% of their excess weights within average 1-2 years after the operation. This result is a close to excellent outcome. On the other side, easier adaptation period for new nutrition habit has been experienced after operation.

The most important problem for this operation is that some vitamin deficiencies may occur in the upcoming days due to malabsorption of the taken foods (like vit12, folic acid, iron deficiency). But it is not encountered with a problem for this condition by the vitamins suppliments from out. Experienced surgeons inform their patients on this issue and take the necessary precautions.
Gastric bypass is the most implemented procedur in the world, particularly in the USA. Because, the weight loss and the achieved success with this procedure is higher than the other methods. But reverse of this surgery is quite difficult. It is necessary to the patients will choice this surgery to know that this is a permenant operation.

In conclusion, Gastric Bypass Surgery is an operation that has very successful outcomes for long period. Also it should be more preferred at the patients those have been fed with high calorie foods compared to other methods.


Assoc. Prof. Halil Coskun M.D.

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