Gastric Bypass Procedure

For Gastric Bypass Surgery the surgeon forms a small pouch in the upper portion of the stomach and unveils a bypass around a segment of the patient’s stomach and small intestine.

The gastric bypass surgeon will staple the stomach across the top, sealing it off from the remainder of the patient’s stomach. The pouch that is left from this type of weight loss surgery is normally the size of a walnut and can contain about an ounce of food.

While the pouch is physically apart from the rest of the stomach, the gastric bypass surgeon cuts the small intestine and sews some of it directly onto the pouch.

As one can gather from this more invasive operation, Gastric Bypass Surgery oftentimes leads more patients to choose the lap band operation to assist in their fight against being overweight.