Gastric Bypass

Gastric bypass surgery is considered one of the most common surgeries among people suffering from obesity. Gastric bypass is characterized by its high efficiency in losing weight without the need for taking compliments food or minerals for long period. Additionally, the short recovery period from this surgery compared to the other surgeries. Whereas the patients can practice his/her daily routine after a few days of the surgery.
Gastric bypass surgery work to reduce the size of the stomach by cutting part from the stomach which is approximately 70-85% of the stomach’s size taking into consideration the condition of the patient, and the nature of the body of the patient. After the surgery, the stomach becomes like a tubular passage that resembles a banana or a small bowl. This contributes to reducing the amount of food a person eats before the surgery. Also, there are several ways to do this operation which depend on the patient’s desire, his/her body condition, and his/ her need to do the certain operation of gastric bypass surgeries.
It is not possible to reverse this operation or to install the removed part of the stomach, but one who wants to perform it does not have to worry because the stomach may expand again with time when eating large quantities of food.

Why is gastric bypass surgery the best choice for losing weight?
Reducing the size of the stomach limit the patient from eating large quantities of food, which the patient used to eat before the surgery. Whereas hormonal changes that the body is exposed to after the surgery leads to reinforcement of the feeling of fullness, which leads to losing weight Because the hormone responsible for the function of hunger has been eliminated with the rest of the stomach.
The percentage of weight loss from the body is approximately 70-75% from the overweight after gastric bypass. Additionally to the benefits that the patient gets after this surgery, especially for those who suffer from diabetes, heart palpitations, and blood pressure. After this operation, the cure rate for diabetes may reach 70%, and also for people with high blood pressure, their recovery rate may reach 80%, and for those with high cholesterol, which may reach 90%.

Tips after gastric bypass sleeve surgery:
1- We advise patients to follow a good routine, eat a lot of healthy food, and exercise to get better results for losing excess weight after gastric bypass surgery.
2- it is normal for the patients to feel pain in the first days of the surgery, therefore, we advise the patients to get sedatives during the first week.
3- Stay away from any violent physical effort after the operation, and any other movements that may affect the abdomen and cause pain because this will reduce the speed of recovery. And It may open the wound, which will cause bleeding.
4-It is possible to return to normal life after one month or a month and a half, depending on the nature of the person’s body, and his response to the advice of the doctor.