John E. Pandolfino, MD; Brintha Krishnamoorthy, BS; Thomas J. Lee, MD Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) is primarily a gastric-restrictive procedure, but it's the diversionary component of the Roux ...

A few different bariatric surgery techniques are available and the choice of technique is currently based mainly on patient and surgeon preference, while taking into account the available evidence ...

Bariatric surgery appears as the most efficient therapeutic alternative in morbidly obese patients. In addition to its efficiency to decrease body weight, it also improves metabolic complications ...

Patients show an elevated postprandial satiety gut hormone release after Roux-en-Y Gastric bypass (gastric bypass). The altered gut hormone response appears to have a prominent role in the reduction ...