Mini Gastric Bypass

Mini Gastric Bypass

Obesity and Metabolic Surgery

The part at the beginning of the stomach is separated from the rest with the help of special devices, leaving approximately 30-50 cc. In sleeve gastrectomy, the separated stomach is taken out of the body, while the remaining large stomach piece is left in the abdomen. Later, part of the small intestines is bypassed and connected to the newly created small stomach.

This surgery can be performed with different surgical techniques such as Roux-en Y Gastric By-Pass (R-YGB) or Mini Gastric By-Pass with a single anastomosis. The junction of the stomach and intestine is determined according to the patient's weight and comorbidities.

In this way, patients feel full quickly with much smaller portions, and since nutrients pass through a shorter absorption path, their absorption decreases. As a result, effective and permanent weight loss is achieved with Laparoscopic Gastric By-Pass surgery. In addition, it provides effective, long-term and sometimes even permanent improvement in diseases such as hypertension and diabetes.

Patients should be monitored for element and vitamin deficiencies, similar to sleeve gastrectomy, and deficiencies should be replaced.

Gastric By-Pass surgeries are a more suitable treatment method for patients who have reflux symptoms that are not suitable for sleeve gastrectomy, have binge eating, sugary eating addictions, or have a higher body mass ratio.

What is Mini Gastric Bypass?

In this procedure, a gastric pouch slightly larger than Roux's Y type is created using special laparoscopic stapler tools. Then, by counting the small intestine and determining the sufficient distance from the stomach outlet (usually approximately 200 cm), it is connected to the stomach with the help of these devices. The most important difference from the Roux type Y is that it does not require a second small intestine anastomosis since the small intestines are not completely separated from each other.