Mini Gastric Bypass - The Procedure

The mini gastric bypass surgery is a very simple surgery that will reduce the amount of food that the stomach can hold and the amount of fat and calories that are absorbed through the small intestines.

The procedure for a mini gastric bypass begins with five one-inch incisions in the abdomen if the surgery is performed laparoscopically. From there the stomach will be stapled into a narrow long tube and a larger section of the stomach will be partitioned off. The smaller portion of the stomach will be attached to the small intestines about 6 feet lower than the stomach is now attached. The larger portion of the stomach will be sealed and left unattached to the small intestines.

If laparoscopically mini gastric bypass surgery is not done and you need to be opened, the incision can be as long as 6 to 12 inches. Either way, the complete procedure takes around 40 minutes or less.

The idea behind mini gastric bypass surgery is that your stomach will be smaller and the tube leading to the small intestine will not allow the food to move quickly into the small intestines, this gives you a full feeling longer. The reason to bypass the small intestines is that fat and calories are absorbed in that portion of the small intestines that is now being bypassed. This way your body will not absorb all the extra fat and calories that it once did.

With the proper diet, the mini gastric bypass surgery will aid you in losing weigh and achieving your weight goal. Remember to listen and follow the advice of the surgeon, your physician, and your dietician to ensure that once the weight is gone it stays gone.