According to Mergener, this end-to-side surgical technique between the distal jejunum and stomach, was first performed by César Roux. Roux was born in Switzerland in 1857 and was ...

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery was once the most common weight loss surgeries, but it is far outpaced by the sleeve gastrectomy. Gastric bypass accounts for only 18% of weight loss surgeries ...

How did this bariatric surgeon bridge a large gap of approximately 8 cm between the gastric pouch and jejunum? ... in a 49 year old male patient during laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass ...

To date, this is the largest series comparing biliary reconstruction via either end-to-side Roux-en-Y jejunal anastomosis or direct duodenal anastomosis with at least 2-year follow-up.

The 2012 Medicare change to cover sleeve gastrectomy, in addition to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, for bariatric surgery boosted its selection exponentially, with significant regional and temporal ...

From 2000 to 2004, six patients (five women and one man; median age, 47 years; range, 39 to 54) who had undergone Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for extreme obesity were referred for evaluation of ...

Some studies have suggested that in people with type 2 diabetes, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass has therapeutic effects on metabolic function that are independent of weight loss.We evaluated metabolic re ...