Our sensitive, caring staff will explain the gastric bypass procedure and help you to understand how it can benefit you. If you are 100 pounds or more over your ideal body weight and the usual diets have failed, gastric bypass surgery can help you lose weight and keep it off. Doctors stress that gastric bypass may not be for everyone who is obese.
Morbid obesity is a chronic, mostly-genetic disease, characterized by excessive fatty tissue.
It greatly increases a person's co-morbidities, such as high blood pressure, sleep apnea and a dramatically higher risk for diabetes. About 22 percent of adult Americans are believed to be obese. The most effective long term treatment for this serious disease is a surgical alteration to reduce capacity and the desire for food intake. The procedure can be an open surgery or laparoscopic. Typically, patients who have the laparoscopic procedure leave the hospital in 48 to 72 hours.