“Tell me Mike, how do you expect me to face Mr. Spitzer, who has already waited ten weeks for an answer from his insurance company, and tell him that the earliest we can operate on him is in three months’ time? You know that he is struggling to make this drastic commitment, and we are just making life more difficult for him,” Dr. Crawler said to his head surgeon. “We urgently need to do something about this. This is not the first time that I have had to deal with such an unpleasant situation, and I am sure this will not be the last.” Dr. George Crawler, one of the leading bariatric surgeons in the country, founded the Bariatric Surgery Center at…
Complications of from a gastric bypass includes ulcers are holes or breaks in the protective lining of the upper part of the small intestine or the stomach causing pain in discomfort. Ulcers can usually be treated successfully by medications. A stricture is when the new connection between the stomach and small intestine heals, but as it heals, it can forms scar tissue that can make the opening of the connection smaller. This variety of gastric bypass side effects may even progress to the patient not tolerating any solid food or liquids.…
If the patient maintains a healthy lifestyle the chances of them needing another bypass surgery is very slim. If the patient does not keep a healthy lifestyle and keeps bad habits such as smoking ,poor dieting and little exercise the chances are increased and greater the risks of complications during and after the surgery.…
Two dangers of the gastric bypass are infection and malabsorption syndrome. Infection is a major problem because most patient’s having this surgery have multiple other issues such as diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure. These underlying problems contribute to slow wound healing.…
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In recent years, a variety of new methods of appetite control have been marketed to consumers, both in America and around the globe. There are a variety of different methods, as well, ranging from pure diet and exercise to extreme options like the roux-en-y gastric bypass, meant to prevent absorption of many nutrients by our system. Recently, however, a breakthrough drug has been discovered that mimics the effects of gastric bypass in the sense that it practically reduces the size of the stomach without the risks and dangers of surgery and the potential for complications from the gastric bypass procedure. This new drug has been found effective in small research studies to work with the body to reduce the amount of food eaten, rather than by limiting the absorption of food in the digestive tract. With the successes that have been seen in preliminary research, a grant was given to commission this study, which will examine on a far larger scale whether the relationships that were found in preliminary research will stand up when the drug is given to a much larger sample group.…
Furthermore, obesity is a common risk factor for the development of diabetes, coronary artery disease and many others. Patients that have such diseases as diabetes, coronary artery disease or any other condition that may complicate surgery are ineligible to undergo liposuction due to increased risk factors for serious complications, including death. Gastric bypass surgery provides many health benefits, such as the ability to improve, reduce, or prevent many serious diseases. Gastric bypass surgery structurally alters the digestive system, enabling the procedure to initiate immediate weight loss and maintain long term weight loss because of the permanent dietary restrictions associated with the procedure. Additionally, gastric bypass surgery may reduce or prevent the patient from having a heart attack or stroke as a result of the elimination of obesity as a risk factor. Gastric bypass surgery may also resolve or improve type 2 diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Therefore, gastric bypass surgery serves as a valuable resource in the treatment of obesity and is…
These changes cause the patient to feel full more quickly than when the stomach was its original size, which reduces the amount of food, and in turn calories, that the patient consumes. In normal digestion, food passes through the stomach and enters the small intestine, where many of the fatty calories and nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream. However, gastric bypass causes this fat increasing step of digestion to be skipped when portions of the small intestine are bypassed. This, coupled with the reduced size of the stomach, results in rapid weight…
In conclusion, both high protein diet and gastric bypass require lifelong changes. A strong support system will increase…
Gastric bypass surgery is a form of weight loss surgery, or bariatric surgery that makes changes to your digestive system, so you can't eat as much food. Your stomach is surgically reduced in size, and food bypasses some portion of your small intestine which makes you feel full sooner. Regularly, a gastric bypass patient can just eat a small amount of the food he could preceding the surgery, and general calorie consumption is greatly reduced.…
In this paper I will discuss an article from the Seattle Press written by Associated Press Medical Writer Lindsay Tanner. I will discuss the statistical procedures used in the study and provide an analysis of the conclusions both the researchers and the reporter drew from the study results to consider the statistical significance of the data presented.…
After surgery, patients are given dietary guidelines, so the patient eats healthy. Most bariatric surgery patients end up with eating disabilities, but that happens mostly because the patients do not follow the dietary guidelines (Simmers, Mark). The dietary guidelines are there so that the patient can eat enough and still get enough vitamins with a smaller stomach. This surgery causes eating problems because the patient does not follow the guidelines, which causes a lack of vitamins. Weight loss surgery shrinks the stomach, which makes it harder for you to collect vitamins (WebMD). The stomach can not hold as much food, which stops the body from absorbing as many vitamins. Most weight loss surgery patients end up malnourished. Weight loss surgery patients have malnutrition because they fill their smaller stomach up with unhealthy food, so the stomach can not absorb the right amount of nutrients (Simmers, Mark). The smaller stomach can not absorb as much, so sugary, unhealthy foods are going to cause malnutrition. Patients of weight loss surgery have a very high chance of becoming malnourished, but the cause is the patient themself.…
In conclusion Dumping Syndrome occurs after a person has Gastric Bypass surgery. Dumping Syndrome can cause a lot of pain and weakness. Common difficult of extensive gastric resection in which readily soluble carbohydrates rapidly dump into the small intestine. To prevent from having Dumping Syndrome do not drink too much sugar if you do you will have to have a Gastric Bypass Surgery. When you have an gastric bypass surgery you have to watch what you eat such as sweet and it will cause you to have symptoms like dizziness, weakness, pain, and…
Gastric bypass surgery is used to help treat obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea, and a number of other illnesses. From my research I have found that 15% percent of patients suffer complications and 0.5 % has died within six months of surgery due to complications. Mortality is a danger of gastric bypass. Anastomotic leakage, the leakage from the surgical connection between the stomach and the bowel, can occur. If it is a minor leak, it can be treated by antibiotics. However, if the leakage is severe, an additional surgery to stop the leak will be needed. Anastomotic stricture can also occur. While your anastomosis heals, a scar tissue forms. It naturally shrinks over time. The food passing through keeps it stretched. Sometimes it shrinks so much that a gastroendoscope needs to be performed to stretch it back out This may need to be done numerous times before its corrected.…
I. Main Point: What is Gastric Bypass? What different kinds/types are there? Who gets it? Where does it take place-in body, why people get it, and how does someone qualify?…