Research led by the Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany has ...

Weight-loss surgery seems to lower the risk of colorectal cancer by changing where bile acids enter the small intestine, ...

Gastric Bypass Surgery May Cause Post-op Nutrient Deficiencies Date: October 16, 2007 Source: American College of Gastroenterology Summary: Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth can emerge after ...

A 41-year-old man with a BMI of 49.1 undergoes Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Eight years later, he presents to his primary care physician with pain in the epigastric region and the left upper quadrant ...

SAN FRANCISCO – An increasing number of obese adolescents, particularly females, are undergoing gastric bypass surgery. Yet a case study presented Sunday, Oct. 3, at the American Academy of ...

“It’s like gastric bypass plus, or sleeve gastrectomy plus,” she said. However, she said it does have some downsides, particularly in terms of malabsorption.

Purpose Pharmacokinetic considerations in patients who have undergone Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) are explored. Summary The prevalence of obesity, especially morbid obesity, has dramatically ...

Gastric bypass: Also known as Roux-en-Y (RNY) gastric bypass. In this procedure, the surgeon staples the stomach to make it smaller, then attaches the stomach directly into the small intestine.

Duodenal switch surgery and gastric bypass surgery rely on a combination of restriction and malabsorption to lose weight, but they do so in differing degrees. A greater portion of the stomach is ...

Gastric bypass surgery is typically considered for individuals who have a body mass index (BMI) of 35-40 or higher (extreme obesity) with serious obesity-related health conditions such as type 2 ...