Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y
Gastric Bypass (Metabolic)

You should first know the risks and benefits of all common bariatric procedures. For high-risk patients and super obese patients, we advise LSG as a first-stage procedure prior to gastric bypass. Ultimately, the decision regarding which procedure to perform is based on each patient’s operative risk and their expectations and goals for surgical weight-loss and is decided by a bariatric surgeon.

Laparoscopic gastric bypass takes about 120- 150 minutes to perform and requires 2-3 nights in the hospital post-surgery. During the surgery you will be under general anesthesia and won’t feel any pain.

After LRYGB, you will be able to eat less because of small stomach pouch. You have to eat small bites and chew the food in mouth properly before you swallow it.

Eating sweets, high carbohydrate diet, eating too much and drinking water after food can cause ‘dumping syndrome’. It occurs as a result of food passing too quickly into the intestine. The symptoms of dumping syndrome are: Nausea, diarrhea, weakness, vomiting, palpitations, sweating and a sense of fullness accompanied by discomfort. The best treatment is to keep a note of problem foods and avoid their intake. Dumping syndrome often improves on its own without medical treatment or after adjusting your diet.

Avoid smoking as it can cause marginal ulcers.

Complications that can happen include a leak from the site of anastomosis i.e. gastrojejunostomy and jejunojeunostomy resulting in an infection or abscess, deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism. Internal herniation can happen because of the mesenteric defects created even though both the defects are closed during surgery. However, at our center, the total complication rate is less than 1% which is similar to other procedures, like a gall bladder or hernia surgery.

We encourage you to walk 3-4 hours after the surgery as being active and mobile reduces the risk of deep vein thrombosis. On third day, you are discharged from the hospital and you can return to work within a week.

The patient will lose 60 – 80 percent of their excess weight in the first two years after the procedure. In first 3-4 months, weight loss is the maximum, after which the rate of weight loss slows down. It further depends on initial BMI the patient and patient’s willingness to follow health lifestyle and eating habits.

You will need to be on a liquid diet for first 15 days after the surgery. This is followed by 15 days of semi-solid foods and then you progress onto solids. Within 2 to 3 months you can have all kinds of foods though in limited quantities

Gastric Bypass surgery cost varies from 2.5 lakhs to 4 lakhs based on the patients BMI, comorbid conditions, room category & hospital choice.