Health Dangers of Gastric Bypass Surgery

General Information About The Health Risks of Stomach Bypass

• The health risk of operations like Roux-en-Y bypass are relatively small and getting smaller. As medical data improves along with the skill and experience of surgeons, bariatric treatments are becoming safer. In general, while there is a risk of dying during or after stomach bypass, most patients achieve significant improvements in co-morbidities like heart disease, lung function, blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and some cancers, and seem to live longer.
• Important risk factors for health complications (and premature death) following gastric bypass include: the physical condition of the patient - including weight and specific comorbid conditions, the complexity of the bariatric procedure, and the skill and experience of the surgeon.
• Laparoscopic gastric bypass typically leads to less pain, and fewer incisional hernias than open surgery bypass. However, laparoscope-assisted surgery is more demanding and inexperienced bariatric surgeons can expect an initial increase in perioperative and post-operative complications. Studies show that with greater experience of laparoscopy, the health risks decrease and approach those of gastric bypass procedures performed by open surgical techniques.
• At present, the general death rate from bariatric surgery seems to vary between 0.2 and 1 percent.
• A recent study revealed that severely obese patients who chose bypass surgery, reduced their risk of premature death by up to 89 percent, compared to equally overweight patients who did not get surgical treatment.
• In another study of 66,000 obese patients, about 3 percent of gastric-bypass patients (under 40) died in the 13.6 years after the surgery, compared with 14 percent of obese patients who were not treated surgically.
• About 10-20 percent of patients undergoing stomach bypass require follow-up operations to correct complications, the most common complaints being abdominal hernias.
• More than one-third of patients who have gastric bypass surgery develop gallstones.
• Complication rates in the early post-operative period, such as infection, dehiscence, leaks from staple breakdown, stomal stenosis, ulcers and deep thrombo-phlebitis may be as high as ten percent or more. However, the combined risk of the most serious complications (gastrointestinal leak and deep venous thrombosis) is less than one per cent.
• Over the long term, the health complications of gastric bypass may include a variety of conditions and problems. According to one 14-year follow-up study of stomach bypass patients, the morbidity rates were as follows: vitamin B12 deficiency (39.9 percent), incisional hernia, (23.9 percent), depression (23.7 percent), staple line failure (15 percent), gastritis ( 13.2 percent), cholecystitis (11.4 percent), anastomotic problems (9.8 percent), dehydration malnutrition (5.8 percent), dilated pouch (3.2 percent).
• The health risks of revisional surgery are higher.

So what can you do instead of Gastric Bypass?

Juventis MedSpa is a leader in weight loss and body slimming.  Our more popular treatments include Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG), considered one of the safest and most effective ways to shed pounds and inches of stubborn fat. 

You can lose 20 pounds this month.  Average weight loss of 20 to 40 pounds in two months.

Our hCG protocol allows you to lose weight fast and keep it off.  We offer a comprehensive, personalized medication  regiment along with vitamins and key amino acids to go along with the calorie restriction portion of our weight loss regiment



Juventis MedSpa
305.448.0800        
2251 SW 27 Ave, Miami, FL 33145
www.juventismedspa.com
email: jteam@juventismedspa.com