Revision of gastric bypass.
In this series, 90.6 percent of the patients who had revision of their original gastric bypass for failure to lose satisfactory weight had a significant additional weight loss. The postoperative complication rate was 21.4 percent, and there were no postoperative deaths. After proper evaluation of the patient, revision of a gastric bypass may be undertaken with expectation of a satisfactory result and an acceptable rate of complications.
D005260:Female; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*