Denver
Gastric Bypass
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,
which reduces the amount of food you eat and thus calories consumed.
Bypassing
part of the intestine results in fewer calories being absorbed.
This leads to weight loss.
Check the BMI
Calculatorto see if you are a candidate.
Most people who have open gastric bypass surgery quickly begin to
lose weight and continue to lose weight for up to 12 months. One
study noted that people lost about one-third of their excess weight
(the weight above what is considered healthy) in 1 to 4 years.1 Some
of the lost weight may be regained. The laparoscopic approach showed similar results, with 69% to 82%
of excess weight lost over 12 to 54 months.2 At this time, the laparoscopic
approach for gastric bypass has not been used long enough to draw
significant conclusions about how well it works.
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