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Gastric Bypass

Surgical procedure in which the STOMACH is transected high on the body. The resulting small proximal gastric pouch is joined to any parts of the SMALL INTESTINE by an end-to-side SURGICAL ANASTOMOSIS, depending on the amounts of intestinal surface being bypasses. This procedure is used frequently in the treatment of MORBID OBESITY by limiting the size of functional STOMACH, food intake, and food absorption.

Year introduced: 1989

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Tree Number(s): E02.650.500.062.249, E04.035.398.385, E04.062.249, E04.210.457.430

MeSH Unique ID: D015390

Entry Terms:

  • Bypass, Gastric
  • Gastroileal Bypass
  • Bypass, Gastroileal
  • Greenville Gastric Bypass
  • Gastric Bypass, Greenville
  • Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
  • Bypass, Roux-en-Y Gastric
  • Gastric Bypass, Roux-en-Y
  • Roux en Y Gastric Bypass
  • Gastrojejunostomy
  • Gastrojejunostomies

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