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How is RNY gastric bypass surgery different than standard gastric bypass surgery?
RNY gastric bypass surgery is different than standard gastric bypass surgery because it only a small part of the stomach is used to create a pouch. This bypasses the stomach and upper part of large intestine.
How much stomach is taken out during gastric bypass?
Generally, gastric bypass surgery removes around 90% of the stomach. The original size of an average stomach (when stretched) is around 1000 ml, but after surgery the stomach is only around 15 ml.
Why do you have to be on a liquid diet prior to gastric bypass surgery?
You have to be on a liquid diet prior to surgery to prepare your stomach for the upcoming gastric bypass surgery.
Where can I find information on bypass stomach surgery?
Yes there are many websites that can give you cost of the surgery. They are www.obeseinfo.com/gastric-bypass-surgery-cost.html or www.yourbariatricsurgeryguide.com/gastric-bypass-cost.
Is getting a stomach staple major surgery?
Stomach stapling surgery is called a gastric bypass operation.This procedure is a major surgery, with open gastric bypass surgery requiring up to a five day hospital stay and laparoscopic bypass surgery requiring a 2-3 day hosptial stay.
What does bypass surgery entail?
This question cant be answered do to not specific enough detail. there are many forms of bypass surgery. There is Gastric bypass which envolves the stomach and there is also the Coronary artery bypass surgery which involves the blood vessels.
What is stomach stapling?
Stomach stapling is a slang term for lap band surgery not gastric bypass. The lap band surgery typically uses a rubber band to shrink the stomach and is reversable. A gastric bypass procedure cuts away the stomach and is permanent.
Gastric Bypass Details?
Gastric bypass surgery is the cutting and reforming of the stomach and intestines. Patients are only able to eat a small amount of what they used to, which is how they lose weight.
Where can I find more information on gastric bypass photo?
Gastric bypass surgery makes the stomach smaller and allows food to bypass part of the small intestine. You will feel full more quickly than when your stomach was its original size before the surgery.
What are my options for stomach surgery for weight loss?
This is a very serious subject that should only be considered as a last resort as it is major surgery. You can do bariatiric surgery or gastric bypass. They both make the stomach smaller so you eat less and lose weight.
What is the difference between a Gastric Bypass Surgery and Heart Bypass Surgery?
The Gastric Bypass Surgery is a procedure that reduces the size of your stomach, to help weight loss. On the other hand, a Heart Bypass Surgery is a procedure that replaces a block blood vessel in you heart with another blood vessel.
Is a gastric bypass the only weight reduction surgery?
No it isn't the only one, just the one most commonly discussed. Among others, there is lap band surgery and stomach stapling for weight loss.
