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2. Gastric bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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   Antecolic antegastric Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery has been estimated to result in internal hernia in 0.2% of cases, mainly through Petersen's defect. [ journal 8 ] An incisional hernia occurs when a surgical incision does not heal well; the muscles of the abdomen separate and allow protrusion of a sac-like membrane, which may contain bowel ...

3. Roux-en-Y anastomosis - Wikipedia

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   In general surgery, a Roux-en-Y anastomosis, or Roux-en-Y, is an end-to-side surgical anastomosis of bowel used to reconstruct the gastrointestinal tract. Typically, it is between stomach and small bowel that is distal (or further down the gastrointestinal tract) from the cut end. [1]

4. Revision weight loss surgery - Wikipedia

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   An adjustable gastric band is an inflatable silicone prosthetic device that is placed around the top portion of the stomach. This procedure can be performed as a revision procedure for many patients who have had a previous stomach stapling, gastroplasty procedure, or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery but have regained weight.

5. Bariatric surgery - Wikipedia

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   Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery involves the creation of a new connection in the gastrointestinal tract, from a smaller portion of the stomach to the middle of the small intestine. [4] The surgery is a permanent procedure that aims to decrease the absorption of nutrients due to the new, limited connection created. [4]

6. Edward E. Mason - Wikipedia

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   The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYBG), a modification of the original gastric bypass, was both a restrictive and malabsorptive surgery and became the preferred method. It reduced the size of the stomach and limited the number of nutrients the body absorbed by bypassing a portion of the small intestine, resulting in better long-term weight loss.

7. Vertical banded gastroplasty surgery - Wikipedia

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   Combined restrictive and malabsorptive techniques are called gastric bypass techniques, of which Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RGB) is the most common. In this technique, staples are used to form a pouch that is connected to the small intestine , bypassing the lower stomach, the duodenum , and the first portion of the jejunum .