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Learn About Gastric Bypass Surgery New York

By Donna Hughes


Generally, gastric bypass surgery is a surgery that involves division of the stomach into two sections. A small upper section and a larger lower region and thereafter the small intestine is fixed in such a way that it interconnects to the two sections. Gastric bypass surgery new york is popular in treating some conditions.

Surgeons have come up with different form of surgical procedures which help in connecting the small intestine. The procedure results in reducing the size of your stomach significantly, hence managing to treat various conditions such as hypertension, morbid obesity, sleep apnea and other comorbid conditions. Although this surgical procedure is usually highly effective, complications might arise some of which are fatal.

In New York this surgery is commonly used in treating morbid obesity which usually arise once a patient become extremely obese and weight loss would not be possible through other dietary means. The excess weight might also result in other comorbid conditions which might be fatal and affecting your general life as an individual. To assess if the patient is overweight, the patient should have a body mass index of 40 or more and a comorbid condition. This surgical procedure is just one of those procedures used in treating obesity.

This gastric bypass surgery is performed in several steps. First, your surgeon create one small pouch at the upper part of your stomach and then creates a bypass for the remaining part. Because of this, the amount of food you consume is limited. However, there are various ways they can arrange your small intestine for this connection.

Such options are such as endoscopic duodenal as well as mini gastric bypass just to name a few. This surgery also helps minimize the size of the stomach by regulating how much it stretches making one keen on how much they need to eat so as to avoid discomfort or vomiting. This requires the patient to start monitoring how much and what they should eat.

There are certain complications associated with this kind of procedure. They may be made worse by risk factors like obesity, diabetes and heart disease. They are among others; infections from the incisions made in the abdomen that are brought about by bacteria from the bowel, for instance, pneumonia, kidney and bladder infections. These are referred to as nosocomial infections or can be blood borne infections known as sepsis. To reduce infections the patient may temporarily use antibiotics, go through therapy and be involved in many activities.

Another complication is hemorrhage whereby during the procedure many blood vessels must be cut and some may later start bleeding again into the abdomen or the bowel. This can be prevented by use of blood thinners. This surgical procedure might also lead to anastomotic ulcer which is due to restricted blood supply to the stomach and can be avoided by not eating solid foods.

There are benefits too of this procedure such as weight loss and reversing conditions such as hyperlipidemia and diabetes. However, it can be depressing to the patient because of drastic change of the diet.




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