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Last updated: 11/24/2009
BOOKS
Flancbaum, L. The Doctor's Guide to Weight Loss Surgery. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub., 2003.
Thompson, B. Weight Loss Surgery: Finding the Thin PersonHiding Inside You. Tarentum, PA: Word...
Association Publishers, 2002.
Woodward, B. G. A Complete Guide to Obesity Surgery:Everything You Need to Know About Weight Loss Surgery and How to Succeed. New Bern, NC: Trafford Pub., 2001.
PERIODICALS
Al-Saif, O., S. F. Gallagher, M. Banasiak, S. Shalhub, D. Shapiro, and M. M. Murr. "Who Should Be Doing Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery?"Obesity Surgery 13 (February 2003): 82–87.
Livingston, E. H., C. Y. Liu, G. Glantz, and Z. Li. "Characteristics of Bariatric Surgery in an Integrated VA Health Care System: Follow-Up and Outcomes."Journal of Surgical Research 109 (February 2003): 138–143.
Patterson, E. J., D. R. Urbach, and L. L. Swanstrom. "A Comparison of Diet and Exercise Therapy versus Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery for Morbid Obesity: A Decision Analysis Model."Journal of the American College of Surgeons 196 (March 2003): 379–384.
Rasheid, S., et al. "Gastric Bypass Is an Effective Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Patients with Clinically Significant Obesity."Obesity Surgery, 13 (February 2003): 58–61.
Stanford A., et al. "Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in Morbidly Obese Adolescents."Journal of Pediatric Surgery 38 (March 2003): 430–433.
ORGANIZATIONS
American Obesity Association. 1250 24th Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20037. (202) 776-7711.
American Society for Bariatric Surgery. 7328 West University Avenue, Suite F, Gainesville, FL 32607. (352) 331-4900.
OTHER
"Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Surgery."Gastric Bypass Home-page. [cited June 2003]
"The Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass."Advanced Obesity SurgeryCenter. [cited June 2003]
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This animation describes the three main types of bariatric surgery. Topics covered include gastric bypass surgery, adjustable gastric banding, and sleeve gastrectomy.
In this Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, a large incision is made down the middle of the abdomen (A).The stomach is separated into two sections. Most of the stomach will be bypassed, so food will no longer go to it. A section of jejunum (small intestine) is then brought up to empty food from the new smaller stomach (B). Finally, the surgeon connects the duodenum to the jejunum, allowing digestive secretions to mix with food further down the jejunum. (Illustration by GGS Inc.)
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Gastric bypass procedures (GBP) are any of a group of similar operations used to treat morbid obesity—the severe accumulation of excess weight as fatty tissue—and the health problems (comorbidities) it causes. Bariatric surgery is the term encompassing all of the surgical treatments for morbid obesity, not just gastric bypasses, which make up only one class of such operations.
A gastric bypass first divides the stomach into a small upper pouch and a much larger, lower "remnant" pouch and then re-arranges the small intestine to allow both pouches to stay connected to it. Surgeons have developed several different ways to reconnect the intestine, thus leading to several different GBP names. Any GBP leads to a marked reduction in the functional volume of the stomach, accompanied by an altered physiological and psychological response to food. The resulting weight loss, typically dramatic, markedly reduces comorbidities. The long-term mortality rate of gastric bypass patients has been shown to be reduced by up to 40%; however, complications are common and surgery-related death occurs within one month in 2% of patients.
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Weight loss usually reaches a maximum between 18 and 24 months after Bariatric Surgery - 2004.
From: Bariatric-Surgery.info
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