They strongly recommended evaluation of candidates by a multidisciplinary team with access to medical, surgical, psychiatric, and nutritional expertise. They further stressed the vital importance of careful management of health whether treated surgically or medically. Risks Involved, Side Effects, and Results Risks and side effects occur with any operation, so it is important to understand the complications of Gastric Bypass and Vertical Band Gastroplasty before deciding to have the surgery. An immediate risk is the anesthetic risk which could cause bleeding from the spleen during surgery and vomiting post operatively. The perioperative risks are blood clots to the lungs and death.
Death is usually due to a heart attack or sudden irregularity in the heart rhythm.
Partial collapse of the lungs as well as post-operative pneumonia, which is the most common complication development may also occur. Returning to your clinic for regular checkups and a complete physical within the first year are necessary to monitor your health, nutritional status, and weight loss. By eating only at mealtimes and only until you are full, your daily food intake will be decreased enough to provide a weight loss of as much as five to six pounds per week during the first six weeks. Besides weight loss, a number of associated disorders generally improve. Exercises such as walking, swimming, tennis, bicycling, weight lifting and yoga are essential to weight loss and maintenance.