Mini Gastric Bypass Surgery

Mini gastric bypass surgery is a less extensive form of gastric bypass surgery and a newer approach as the surgeons would say. Patients avail of such procedure to buy them a quicker procedure and a rapid time of recovery. The procedure however is very much similar to the Roux-en-Y procedure only, it is less extensive. And yes, surgeons would still recommend that the patients take the Roux-en-Y procedure instead. The morbid obese must take pay attention to their options before deciding to undergo surgery. They must have tried and failed a lot of weight-loss programs and diet before they can avail of the gastric bypass procedure. Candidates for these kinds of surgery must first have a comprehensive conversation with their surgeons, doctors and psychiatrist to determine if this is the best approach for you.

Weight loss being this surgery’s key objective, the stomach is stapled into a shape of a sleeve, its diameter equal or slightly less than the size of the duodenum. Due to the advancement in the medical industry, patients wouldn’t have to worry about huge scars and long incisions. The mini gastric bypass surgery is done laparoscopically, meaning with shorter and fewer incisions. Through the small incisions, long tube-like instruments would be inserted in the patient’s abdomen that would allow the surgeon to see and perform the surgery. A small camera is attached to one of the long tube-like instrument which is then connected to a monitor that would display the inside of the patient’s abdomen. Also, this procedure is done under general anesthesia. There is either a gas that you can inhale while undergoing the surgery or the anesthesia could be passed through an IV. Yes, the patient would then be asleep throughout the surgery. And as like those of the other kinds of gastric bypass surgery, the success of the operation can be determined but the recovery rate of the patient would depend on his or her willingness and commitment to lose weight and in maintaining it. A strict diet should be followed religiously to attain best results.

This procedure does not include any anastomsis. Theoretically, the risks of such operation would be lower compared to that of any RNY Gastric Bypass. The efficiency of this procedure is still being carefully studied and evaluated at the current time.

Although this procedure, mini gastric bypass surgery, is gaining popularity in the field of medicine, the jury is still out in the United Kingdom and the United States with regards to its use. Also, despite the vigorous and extensive study done for this procedure, it has not yet been proven fully effective.