Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is one of the safe and easily reproducible bariatric procedures. To evaluate the effect of biliopancreatic limb (BPL) and alimentary limb (AL) length on weight loss ...

Oct. 14, 2005 -- Laparoscopic (lap) Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) can be safely performed in a 23-hour outpatient setting, according to the results of a single institution experience reported in ...

Although laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is still widely accepted as a valid procedure in the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), there continues to be a significant ...

Purpose Pharmacokinetic considerations in patients who have undergone Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) are explored. Summary The prevalence of obesity, especially morbid obesity, has dramatically ...

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery was once the most common weight loss surgeries, but it is far outpaced by the sleeve gastrectomy. Gastric bypass accounts for only 18% of weight loss surgeries.

He underwent an uncomplicated laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass that included the creation of an 80-cm Roux limb. In the first year after surgery, he lost more than 80% of his excess weight ...

Revisional Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is a surgery to change or repair a previous weight loss surgery. Some people may need revision surgery if they have complications or their weight loss isn’t as ...

From 2000 to 2004, six patients (five women and one man; median age, 47 years; range, 39 to 54) who had undergone Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for extreme obesity were referred for evaluation of ...

I am morbidly obese and am interested in Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Is this surgery performed in South Africa? If so, where can I find relevant contact details? Answer::Dear Tricia As far as I know ...

Over seven years, more than 1 in 5 who had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass weight-loss surgery developed a problem such as alcohol abuse or alcoholism, compared with around 11 percent of those who ...