Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass in Turkey
Gastric bypass, also known as gastric bypass Roux-en-Y (roo-en-wy), is a type of weight-loss surgery that involves creating a small pouch from the stomach and connecting the newly created pouch directly to the small intestine. After gastric bypass, swallowed food will go into this small stomach pouch and then directly into the small intestine, bypassing most of your stomach and your small intestine’s first section. . Gastric bypass is done when diet and exercise have not worked, or because of your weight, you have serious health problems.
During gastric bypass surgery, physician makes changes to your stomach and small intestine to change the way they absorb and digest food.
Gastric bypass helps to remove weight by:
Restricting the amount of food your stomach holds
Limiting your body’s absorption of calories and nutrients
Changing your gut hormones, which makes you stay fuller longer, will lead to the reduction of appetite and the reversal of metabolic syndrome caused by obesity.
Benefits of Gastric Bypass:
- Very good short term weight loss (60 to 80 percent excess weight loss)
- Lasting, long term results. The data show that up to 20 years after surgery, most patients maintain more than 50 percent of their excess weight loss.
- Excellent resolution of obesity-related health problems
- Maintains blood pressure
- Improves erectile dysfunction
- Decreases the risk of heart conditions
- Improves blood pressure, joint pain, diabetes, etc
