There is more to gastric bypass than merely controlling stomach size. During gastric bypass surgery, a large portion of the patients stomach is stapled together, leaving a tiny pouch.
When you get your gastric bypass surgery you will have a new stomach that only holds about three tablespoons of food at a time. With your stomach pouch reduced to the size of a walnut, you’ll need to follow a gastric bypass diet.
The surgeon does not remove any part of the stomach or other tissue while doing the gastric bypass operation. This operation is the most common gastric bypass procedure performed. In another more complicated gastric bypass operation, portions of the stomach are removed. In this more complicated gastric bypass operation, portions of the stomach are removed. This is a relatively complex operation. It is recommended against having it reversed.
Results from long-term follow-up data of gastric bypass surgery show that over a five-year period, patients lost 58% of their excess weight.
Eating sweet or sugary foods promotes “dumping,” a reaction which can occur after the gastric bypass operation. Dumping syndrome occurs when the small...