As an AU could not be detected further diagnostic investigations were performed: Upper gastrointestinal (GI) contrast series revealing a small gastric pouch without signs of a gastric fistula and ...

A 20 mL gastric pouch is created with the use of two to three 60 mm linear staplers (Endo GIA, Covidien and Dublin, Ireland). At approximately 40 cm proximal to the ligament of Treitz the jejunum ...

Both gastric sleeve and gastric bypass surgery reduce your stomach from its regular size to a small pouch. This causes weight loss in two ways: The pouch fills up quickly, restricting the amount ...

It then passes into the large intestine (colon), and the remaining waste is eventually excreted. In Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, we make a small “pouch” out of the stomach and connect this pouch with ...

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass involves the creation of a small upper stomach pouch and its attachment to the jejunum, which results in bypass of the rest of the stomach and the duodenum. This bypass ...

Mini gastric bypass surgery, though similar to the traditional gastric bypass, involves a simpler and quicker procedure.

Also known as Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, this procedure involves creating a small stomach pouch and connecting it directly to the small intestine, bypassing a significant portion of the stomach and ...