Indeed, any kind of stomach bypass surgery has risks, and it remains a controversial method of losing weight. But the Fobi procedure worked for Georgia. I've been doing obesity surgery since 1977. With the Fobi pouch, I have corrected those shortcomings. When food is eaten, whatever doesn't fit into the pouch bypasses the upper part of the intestines, and thus cannot be absorbed into the body.
Excess food goes straight through the gastrointestinal system and is eliminated.
Also, the stomach opening that leads into the intestines, which in surgery is made smaller to allow less food to pass through, often stretches as the years go by. He also adds a synthetic band around the stomach opening, to keep it from stretching. She's back to gaining weight. Fobi has tracked his patients' progress. That report is scheduled to be published soon, says Fobi.