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Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Operation in Rats
Published on: June 11, 2012
Facilitated vertical gastric pouch construction for gastric bypass
1Department of Surgery, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35233, USA.
Background:
Efforts to simplify and reduce surgical risk of gastric pouch construction in super obese patients have led to technical changes which are described.
Methods:
Operative technique of vertical gastric pouch construction and hand-sewn Roux gastrojejunostomy are described.
Results:
171 patients with average BMI = 55 have undergone gastric bypass with the modified technique, a majority with double stapling of the gastric pouch. Staple-line dehiscence is reduced and operative morbidity is limited.
Conclusions:
Technical changes described have shortened operative time, reduced intraoperative frustrations, and produced limited postoperative morbidity.
