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Bariatric Surgery: Risks and Complications Only 2% is the average index of immediate postoperative complications. Any surgery procedure, no matter how simple, implies a risk and we should consider those risks as a possibility. Although this percentage is very low, Gastric bypass surgery is no exception to this rule.

These are the main risks:
Leaks through sutures made to reduce the stomach capacity or redirect the circulation of food through the bowels. This complication may require additional procedures to be corrected.
Respiratory disorders.
Hemorrhages on the area of incisions and/or sutures
Acute gastric dilatation
Bowel obstruction
Blood clots that may appear on legs or any other part of the body and migrate to the lungs, creating the risk of causing a pulmonary thromboembolism.