PERSPECTIVES The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) promotes better weight loss than laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) throughout a 5-year follow-up. Lower levels of total cholesterol, low-density ...

The significant weight loss following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) has been extensively reported 2. At first, it has been regarded as an effect of the diminishment in the volumetric capacity of the ...

Pharmacokinetic Considerations in Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Patients April Smith; Brian Henriksen; Andrew Cohen Disclosures Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011;68 (23):2241-2247.

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, the bariatric operation performed most often in the US, is considered a restrictive procedure with a small component of malabsorption. A small gastric pouch (30 ml ...

Although choledochoduodenostomy was widely performed for choledocholithiasis in the 1960s and 1970s, Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy is currently the preferred biliary-enteric anastomosis for benign and ...

Nevertheless, the least invasive operation for obesity should be chosen, and gastric reduction plasty should be sufficient. A more extensive operation on the small intestine such as laparascopic ...