Gastric bypass for morbid obesity

Abstract

Failure of conservative methods of control of gross obesity has led to the adoption of surgical measures. The operation of intestinal bypass, may be associated with the number of unpleasant complications. As a result there has been recent interest in the operation of gastric bypass involving an 80 to 90 percent gastric exclusion procedure. We report on the results of our first 19 patients undergoing this operation, a six to 15 month follow-up. The early results would suggest that gastric bypass in the treatment of morbid obesity is likely to prove superior to the various forms of intestinal bypass.