Gastric Bypass
Synonyms
Bypass, Gastric
Bypass, Gastroileal
Bypass, Roux-en-Y Gastric
Gastric Bypass, Greenville
Gastric Bypass, Roux-en-Y
Gastroileal Bypass
Gastrojejunostomies
Gastrojejunostomy
Greenville Gastric Bypass
Roux en Y Gastric Bypass
Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Surgical procedure in which the STOMACH is transected high on the body. The resulting small proximal gastric pouch is joined to any parts of the SMALL INTESTINE by an end-to-side SURGICAL ANASTOMOSIS, depending on the amounts of intestinal surface being bypasses. This procedure is used frequently in the treatment of MORBID OBESITY by limiting the size of functional STOMACH, food intake, and food absorption.