GastricBypassA Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is a restrictive and malabsorptive surgical procedure which keeps you from eating a lot of food at one time and absorbing everything you eat. Through this surgery, a 1- 1 ½ ounce pouch, about the size of an egg, is made from the stomach and connected to a re-routed portion of the small intestine, changing the digestive pathway of the food you eat.

Surgery and Recovery

  • Surgery one-and-a-half to two hours
  • Two- to three-day hospital stay
  • Two- to four-week recovery period

Benefits

  • Fastest and greater weight loss on average, with 60 to 80 percent of the expected weight lost being lost 18 to 24 months after surgery
  • More successful at helping patients improve weight-related conditions like Type 2 diabetes

Risks

  • Leakage through staples or sutures that hold stomach and intestine together
  • Injury to spleen during surgery
  • Ulcers could develop in the stomach or small intestine
  • Blockage of stomach opening
  • Internal hernias
  • Vitamin and iron deficiency

Other Considerations

  • Not reversible
  • Fastest weight loss
  • Nausea and “dumping” syndrome with certain foods (large amounts of sugar may cause diarrhea and sweating – some with a sweet tooth consider this a benefit, to help curb sugar cravings)
  • Vitamins mandatory
  • Not allowed to take aspirin or NSAIDs afterward
  • Able to eat regular food after two weeks of surgery
Bariatric Providers

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Sabrena Noria, MD
4.9 out of 5

Sabrena Noria, MD

  • General Surgery
  • Physician

Clinical Professor of Surgery

Accepting new patients
  • Martha Morehouse Outpatient Care
  • The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
  • Bariatric Surgery in Martha Morehouse Outpatient Care
(614) 366-6675
Hamza Shah, DO

Hamza Shah, DO

  • Gastroenterology
  • Osteopathic Physician

Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

Accepting new patients
  • Martha Morehouse Outpatient Care
  • The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
(614) 293-6255
Benjamin O'Donnell, MD
4.9 out of 5

Benjamin O'Donnell, MD

  • Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
  • Physician

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine

Accepting new patients
  • Martha Morehouse Outpatient Care
  • Outpatient Care East
  • Endocrinology in Outpatient Care East
(614) 685-3333

Our Locations

Bariatric Surgery

in Martha Morehouse Outpatient Care
2050 Kenny Road
Concourse Suite 1222
Columbus, OH 43221
614-366-6675

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