The Gastric Bypass is a surgical technique that achieves lasting weight loss, especially in patients with extreme obesity, in addition to significantly improve diseases such as gastroesophageal reflux, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obstructive sleep apnea, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, polycystic ovary syndrome, infertility.
Treatment: Gastric Bypass consists of creating a small pouch from the stomach and connecting the newly created pouch directly to the small intestine. After gastric bypass, the ingested food will enter this small pouch from the stomach and then directly into the small intestine, bypassing most of the stomach and the first section of the small intestine.