Roux-Y Gastric Bypass

The Roux-Y Gastric Bypass in Turkey

The Roux-Y gastric bypass operation is a method in the surgery for loss of weight. A smaller stomach will be formed and directly connected to the small intestine. Food is passed through the smaller stomach and transported directly to the rear end of the small intestine just to bypass the a large part of the stomach and the first part of den small intestines. This results in a reduction of weight without to change ones eating behaviour.

The Roux-Y gastric bypass is an ideal option, when diet and exercise not works and it comes because of the weight to health problems. The Turkish specialists and surgeons helping patients around the world with the Roux-Y gastric bypass to lose overweight and to lessen the potential risks of health problems through weight.

Specialists in Turkey for Roux-Y Gastric Bypass

Maybe the gastric bypass method in your country will be only performed, when you have tried already to lose weight with nourishment and exercise plans. The alternative to this is a Roux-Y gastric bypass operation in Turkey. The operation will be performed by experienced and well trained specialists and surgeons. In most cases the costs are less expensive as in other countries. One more advantage for a gastric bypass operation in Turkey is the good care before and after the operation.

The Roux-Y Gastric Bypass Operation is ideal, when:

• Your Body-Mass-Index (BMI) is by 40 or even higher.
• Your BMI is between 35 to 39,9 and you have a serious health problem like diabetes type 2.
• You have high blood pressure or sleep apnoea.
• You have in same cases a BMI between 30 to 34 in connection with other serious health problems.

Before a Roux-Y gastric bypass operation will be performed, you will be counseled and examined by Turkish specialists. This extensive screening process is necessary to get optimal results for you as a patient. Maybe doctors will advise after the gastric bypass operation to change your diet, your lifestyle, to cure any other health problems.

Proceedings of a Roux-Y Gastric Bypass Operation in Turkey

A Roux-Y gastric bypass operation will be performed in a specially hospital in Turkey. Depending on your recuperation the stay-in can take three to five days.

Before the operation you will have a general anaesthetic. During the operation an anaesthetist is continuous controlling the effectiveness of the anaesthesia and your circulation.

The operating methods used will depend on your individual situation and on the recommendations of the surgeon. In some operations the traditional open cuts in the abdominal region will be used. During most Roux-Y gastric bypass operations in Turkey, surgeons will use the laparoscopic surgery, whereas instruments will be inserted through small cuts.

With both methods the surgeon will reduce the size of the stomach. The result of the new stomach will have the size of a walnut and can only contain a small amount of food. With the next step the small intestine will be cut on a part of it will be sewn to the new stomach. Food will be transported into the smaller stomach and from here directly to the small intestine. The food will bypass the largest part of the stomach and the first part of the small intestine and reaches instead the middle part of the small intestine. With this the intake of calories will considerably reduced and the patient is losing weight.