PrimeCare Surgical Weight Loss Program
PrimeCare Surigcal Weight Loss Program – Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery
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Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery
The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery is the most frequently performed bariatric sugery in the United States. It was first performed in 1967 and has been done laparoscopically since 1993.
Advantages
- Rapid initial weight loss
- More effective, rapid co-morbid improvements
- Food restriction with the added weight loss benefit of minor food malabsorption
- Better long term weight loss results than restrictive only procedures
- Assists those who consume too many calories by making them ill – “dumping”
- Has been done the longest
- Is the “Gold Standard” and remains the most researched obesity surgery to date
Disadvantages
- Cutting and stapling of stomach and bowel is required
- More operative & post-op complications
- Portion of digestive track is bypassed, reducing absorption of essential nutrients
- Nonadjustable, difficult to reverse
- Technically more complex
- Mortality rate approximately 0.5%
Potential Complications
- Abscess
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Pulmonary Emboli
- Gastric Leaks
- Bleeding
- Development of a Fistula
- Obstruction
- Pulmonary Complications
- Infection
- Hernias
- Strictures
- Stomal Ulcers
- Ventral Hernia
- Anemia
- Vitamin & Mineral Deficiencies
- Perforation
- Death
For more information, call the Surgical Weight Loss Clinical Coordinator at (701) 530-6330 or 1-800-472-2113 ext. 6330.
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