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Obesity is a disease that begins where eating too much harms people emotionally and physically. Many disciplines work together in the treatment of this disease. Medical interventions, which are at the forefront of these disciplines, include applications that are much more likely to get results.

Gastric bypass, also known as Stomach bypass, is one of the applications that are used within the scope of obesity surgery and enable patients to fix their body mass index and fat ratio in a short time. With this surgery, the aim is to hasten how quickly patient feels satiated after the operation with the procedures on the stomach and small intestine and thus to accelerate the weight loss process.

What gastric bypass is, what procedures it includes and its effect on the patient will be discussed under the following headings:

• What is gastric bypass?
• In which cases is gastric bypass surgery performed?
• How is gastric bypass surgery performed?
• What is the process after gastric bypass? What are the risks of gastric bypass?

What is Gastric Bypass?

One of the main problems in obesity is that the patient feels full too late, so the demand for more food than needed comes to him in the form of instinct. The point targeted with gastric bypass surgery makes it so that the feeling of being full will arrive on time

In which cases is gastric bypass surgery performed?

It is done when the patient has diffrent ilnesses other than obesity, has difficulties perfoming day to day tasks and cannot stop eating. For this surgery to be perfomed, the patient must be available for surgery on multiple fronts.

How is Gastric Bypass Surgery Applied?

Digestion is a process that involves the arrival of food in the stomach and its escape into the small intestine after being broken down by acids in the stomach. In the small intestine, the absorption process continues with pancreatic and bile enzymes. Here the disgestion takes place. For obesity patients, this process is quite long. Therefore, the eating behavior continues for too long. The targeted point in gastric bypass surgery accelerates the feeling of satiety. Operations take place with the following stages in these stages:

• First, an incision is made in the upper part, which is the first point of the food coming into the stomach.
• Then the upper parts of the stomach are cut from the thin outlet first points. In this way, the food coming into the stomach will enter the small intestine, accelerating the feeling of satiety.
• The other cut part of the small intestine faces the other small intestine. The enzymes coming from the stomach and the small outlet are transferred to the other intestine and the transfer process is supported.
• This process, which is applied for the direct escape and absorption of the foods coming from the stomach to the small intestine, is called bypass. Bypass literally means bridging and is used for surgical means. If there is a blockage at a point, it is ensured that that point is taken away by acting as a pipe, like the stomach.

What is the Post-Gastric Bypass Process?

Gastric bypass surgery is an operation that shows the post-operative processes of other bariatric surgery. Good results will be obtained if this operation is well followed by the patient and the doctor, the patient obeys their doctor and work for the surgery to be successful. In addition, it is necessary to follow the eating plan made with the dietitian after the surgery. Instead immediately switching to solid food, a gradual process is preferred.

Gastric bypass surgery benefits

• The patient will be less adversely affected in the post-operative fat removal in order to ensure that the fat coming into the stomach with gastric bypass surgery is removed from the body without entering direct absorption. The limits of excess fat will be partly blocked. Still, the patient needs to be careful.
• Having no problems with the feeling of satiety, the patient reaches this feeling faster with the surgery. They do not encounter irresistible urges to eat.
• Lowering fat intake, the patient experiences a serious weight loss within 1-2 years due to effects such as the sudden feeling of satiety.

Gastric bypass surgery risks

• Gastric bypass is an operation that can lead to files of some complications. Such infections can lead to conditions such as difficulty swallowing, outlet obstructions or hernias.
• A clot in the lungs or a blockage in other vessels occurs. Preoperative measures are taken with blood thinners for this.
• Vitamin deficiency is a situation that can be encountered when the patient is not followed up after the surgery and the cells are regularly kept in time. It is important to take this supplement and use it as a preservative.