| Roux-en-y is the leading choice of gastric bypass
procedures. It is the most commonly performed weight loss surgery procedure in
the
U.S.
This surgery involves first creating a small vertical stomach pouch of less than one-ounce capacity. Then a bypass of most of the stomach and some of the small intestine is created.
The bypass helps you lose weight because:
- the stomach pouch is quite small (less than 1 ounce)
- the outlet from the pouch is quite small, so you must eat slowly
- after a bypass, patients tend to stay away from sweets
- interrupting the satiety center causes you not to be
hunger for eight to 10 months.
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