Gastric Bypass Surgery

By-pass literally means reaching the destination by another route by disabling the normal route. In gastric bypass surgery, which is one of the obesity surgery methods, the stomach is first reduced. The upper part of the stomach is cut and a small stomach of 20-50 cc is created, but the stomach part remaining at the bottom is not removed. Then, a 50-100 cm section is cut from the beginning of the small intestine. This first part of the small intestine is disabling and a connection is made between the small stomach created and the lower part of the small intestine. A connection is made between the disabling initial small intestine 150-200 cm away from this connection.

In this surgery, since the stomach is reduced, the patient feels full by eating less (Restrictive: restrictive effect), and since very little of the food is absorbed (Malabsorptive: malabsorption-impairing effect), it also has a slimming effect. The deactivation of the duodenum, bile, pancreas system and the beginning of the small intestine also contributes to the improvement of the sugar levels of patients with Type 2 DM.

Due to this deactivation, the absorption of some vitamins and minerals, especially Ca (Calcium) and Fe (Iron), along with food is impaired. For this reason, bypass patients need vitamin and mineral support for life and should be kept under constant control.