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2019
The number of bariatric surgical operations performed in the United States has been steadily increasing for the last 5 years. It is estimated that 228,000 weight-loss surgeries were performed in 2017. Of those, 59% were sleeve gastrectomy, 18% were gastric bypass, 3% were gastric band, and 1% were biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch.
Sunil K. Sharma +4 more
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The number of bariatric surgical operations performed in the United States has been steadily increasing for the last 5 years. It is estimated that 228,000 weight-loss surgeries were performed in 2017. Of those, 59% were sleeve gastrectomy, 18% were gastric bypass, 3% were gastric band, and 1% were biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch.
Sunil K. Sharma +4 more
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Gastric-bypass-induced pneumothorax
Gastrointestinal Radiology, 1985Substernal gastric bypass has been recently revived to palliate unresectable esophageal carcinoma. We report an unusual postoperative complication of gastric bypass: recurrent pneumothorax responding to nasogastric tube decompression of a distended thoracic stomach.
Stephen J. Pomeranz, Jerome F. Wiot
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2012
Banded gastric bypass is a modification which enhances the restrictive component of the gastric bypass operation. A reinforced stoma is created by placing a band around the pouch, as in the vertical banded or silastic ring vertical gastroplasty. The gastroenterostomy (GE) is made just distal to the band.
Mal Fobi +3 more
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Banded gastric bypass is a modification which enhances the restrictive component of the gastric bypass operation. A reinforced stoma is created by placing a band around the pouch, as in the vertical banded or silastic ring vertical gastroplasty. The gastroenterostomy (GE) is made just distal to the band.
Mal Fobi +3 more
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Treatment of NASH with Gastric Bypass
Current Gastroenterology Reports, 2018Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a spectrum of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). It is defined as the presence of fatty liver along with inflammation and hepatocyte injury. To date, weight loss achieved via lifestyle intervention remains the mainstay of NASH treatment.
Pichamol Jirapinyo +2 more
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The Conventional Gastric Bypass
2012After the Second World War during the 1950's, subtotal gastrectomy with the Billroth II reconstruction was the surgical treatment of choice for peptic ulcer disease. Post-operative weight loss and early satiety were frequently observed in these patients, and these observations led Mason in 1966 to begin restrictive bariatric surgery by introducing the ...
W. Konrad Karcz, Oliver Thomusch
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Evolution of the Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques, 2003Obesity is recognized as a health problem of epidemic proportions. Surgical intervention for the treatment of obesity is a well-studied and effective method. Various procedures have been utilized over the past decades. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass has emerged over the last 20 years and is currently the most commonly offered surgical treatment.
Virginia McGrath +2 more
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The Psychology of Gastric Bypass Surgery
Obesity Surgery, 2001This article discusses the importance of psychological evaluation of gastric bypass (GBP) surgery candidates and post-surgical psychological support services, using the Center for Weight Reduction Surgery at Montefiore Medical Center as a model. The study of psychological predictors of post-operative outcome is in its beginning stages, and the small ...
Elliot Goodman +2 more
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Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity
Surgical Clinics of North America, 1979The gastric bypass operation is designed to decrease the size of the food receptacle so that a limited number of calories can be ingested. All food ingested is absorbed normally, thus eliminating problems that mey be associated with metabolic derangements.
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Gastric bypass for morbid obesity
World Journal of Surgery, 1981AbstractThis is a report on 402 consecutive gastric bypass operations performed for morbid obesity. The operation involves the construction of a small (30–60 ml) upper gastric pouch connected to a Roux‐en‐Y jejunal limb by an anastomosis no larger than 1.2 cm in diameter.
Ward O. Griffen +3 more
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2013
The first gastric bypass surgery was performed by Mason and Ito in 1966. They divided stomach horizontally and created a loop gastroenterostomy between proximal gastric pouch and jejunum. However, the proximal gastric pouch in this procedure was high up in the abdomen, close to the gastroesophageal junction.
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The first gastric bypass surgery was performed by Mason and Ito in 1966. They divided stomach horizontally and created a loop gastroenterostomy between proximal gastric pouch and jejunum. However, the proximal gastric pouch in this procedure was high up in the abdomen, close to the gastroesophageal junction.
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