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This surgery is very popular and effective for the treatment of morbid obesity, it is a mixed type procedure: restrictive and malabsorptive.
The procedure consists in diminishing and restricting the absorption of food by creating a small reservoir at the expense of the smaller curvature of the stomach plus a deviation to the small intestine in Roux-en-Y, thus obtaining an early satiety for the restrictive component plus malabsorption that adds efficiency to the technique.
The Bypass is the standard procedure in obesity surgery with the best long-term results. Dr. Jorge Maytorena has performed this operation for more than 15 years and is often proposed as a first-line treatment for people with a BMI > 45.
The Mini-Bypass Gastric is a mixed type procedure that combines 2 mechanisms: Restriction (a smaller stomach is created) and Malabsorption (creating a “bridge” between the stomach and the intestine).
Once the smaller stomach is created, the patient only consumes a small amount of food since satiety is favored, and with the “bridge” the food is not absorbed entirety, which causes major weight loss. Mini-gastric bypass is also a procedure with metabolic effect; It causes a beneficial hormonal change that increases the production of other hormones that help stimulate the metabolism.
This procedure has a very high success rate and also a very favorable effect in diabetic patients.
