Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass - Bariatric Surgery

Before taking such an important decision, it is essential to know all the details of a surgery of these characteristics. At Plenitas we know that the information we give to our future patients and our ability to address all their doubts, both human and technical, result in a better relationship with our team, who help the patient fell more confident about the chosen procedure. Our mission is to succeed at providing the best care and support before, during and after treatment.

Summary of this efficient technique:

- In this is a restrictive technique food does not pass through the stomach, therefore the patient feels full by eating less food.

- It is advisable for people with a mass body index of 40.

- It causes a sufficient loss of weight on 40% of patients. If these patients succeed in making a substantial change on their feeding behavior.

At Plenitas we are aware of the most relevant and state-to-the-art technical and medical improvements of every surgery we perform. Nowadays, technology has gone such a long way that excellent results can be achieved considerably reducing risks.

In addition, a team of trained professionals in Argentina, most important schools of the world and the well-know amicable treatment of Argentineans, result in a unique combination of care and support that surprises the people who come from both America and Europe.

Gastric bypass is performed through laparoscopic techniques. These techniques consist in using special tools that are inserted by making small incisions, so that the treated area is watched on a closed circuit monitor. The incisions made, which are less than 1 cm of length, leave virtually no surgery trauma and subsequent postoperative pain has become considerably more bearable.

The technique used for gastric bypass is known as 'Roux en Y' due to the Y shape that the food circulation circuit takes due to the surgery.

In regular stomachs that have not undergone surgery, food is digested by gastric fluids and then it goes to the intestine. Gastric bypass eliminates this part of the process.

Through a suture line the stomach is divided in two parts: superior and inferior pouch. These two pouches have very different sizes: the superior one receives digested food, takes only 10% of the stomach capacity, whereas the inferior pouch takes the remaining 90% and it is absolutely isolated from the food path.

The small bowel is cut at about 40 cm from the stomach outlet and it is connected to the recently created superior pouch, so that food goes straight to the bowel without being processed by gastric fluids concentrated on the inferior pouch.

The bowel part that is still connected to the stomach outlet by one of it ends, joins the other end (where the incision was made) to the untouched part of the bowel, about one meter ahead. Through this part of the bowel the large pouch will discharge acids and gastric fluids that will mix with billiard fluid and the food that has “skipped” a meter of the absorptive area of the bowel.

The main outcomes are specifically physical, since gastric bypass procedures have, in general, very good results. In addition to losing weight, patients show improvements on obesity-related diseases. A very important aspect, which derives from this procedure, has a lot to do with a change in the mood caused by the new appearance of the patient.

When patients start to notice the results on their bodies, they considerably increase their humor and capacity to relate to others, which results in caring more about the way they look, choosing other clothing style, doing physical activity and thinking about their new reality in order to achieve a better quality life to share it with their beloved ones.

We have many success cases and many e-mails and pictures that reflect the gratitude of hundreds of people who dared to change their lives. Will you be the next one?

After undergoing a procedure of this nature, at Plenitas you will see virtually immediate changes, very noticeable on your physical aspect, accompanied by a great support on part of our staff, in addition to having minimum adverse after effects. We will provide you with all the support for these changes to immediately translate on the way you see life, where you will considerably increase your self-esteem and change your humor, which will positively affect your life. In addition to the considerable physical improvements, you will be enhancing improvements that will help you relate to other people, have a better performance in their jobs, enjoy simple things that were too hard to do before, considerably improving your quality life.

Get ready to have a better life because Gastric Bypass:
Reduces your appetite, making you feel full with less food.
Allows you to lose up to 70% of overweigh.
Gives you a new appearance that will boost your self-esteem and help you relate to the rest of the society.
Causes a positive change in mood and your ability to enjoy life.
Considerably improves your interpersonal and sexual relationships.
Increases your possibilities on professional and working world.
Considerably improves your mobility and eliminates body pain and discomfort.
If you suffer from high-blood pressure, you have up to a 70% of probabilities of controlling it without medication, or considerably reducing the doses, within 2 to 3 months after procedure.
In 80% of cases it reduces cholesterol and triglycerides to normal levels, generally within 2 to 3 months.
In reducing high-blood pressure and cholesterol levels it also reduces the risks of suffering from heart-related diseases.
Eliminates gastroesophageal reflux (hiatal hernia)
If you suffer from type II diabetes (mellitus) you have 90% chances of reducing sugar in blood to normal levels - Eliminates apnea during sleep – Considerably improves asthma and respiratory deficiency.

With a gastric bypass you have everything to win and nothing to lose. Make the decision of your life and together we will achieve the results you have always dreamt. Contact us right now, clear all your doubts about this procedure and take your time to make a decision that will change your life for ever. At Plenitas we know what you are going through. We are aware of your problems and we are here to solve them. This is the place. This is the way to go. A new life is waiting for you! Now, it is up to you!

Before becoming the most efficient and effective surgery against obesity, Gastric Bypass has come a long way.

Ever since stomach surgeries begun to be performed, it was observed that patients who were subjected to an extraction of part of their stomachs due to gastrointestinal ulcers lost weight considerably after undergoing surgery.

However, a few decades passed until 1966, when the first steps toward using this technique to reduce weight were taken. By using a technique that was relatively similar to the one used nowadays, reducing the capacity of the stomach.

Before that year every attempt had showed unacceptable risks and complications that rendered this surgery disposable. The main difference between those surgeries and the ones that are being performed from the 90’s onwards is that the former involved open surgery, through a large incision to directly see the treated area, whereas the latter are performed through laparoscopy techniques.

These techniques consist in using special tools that are inserted through very small incisions, so that the treated area is seen through a closed circuit monitor. Incisions of less than 1 cm are made nowadays reducing surgery trauma and therefore making postoperative pain more tolerable.

These two important advances, as well as cutting down postoperative risks and complications, result in more and more people wanting to undergo a gastric bypass, since it provides better results than any other treatment to lose weight.

Technology and advances on postoperative care make today’s technique a more secure and efficient way to lose and control weight. At Plenitas we use state-of-the-art techniques and employ experienced professionals with outstanding backgrounds that allow us to make history in this kind of procedures.

Most importantly, with every surgery we make history in the lives of the people who trust in Plenitas to start a new life and undoubtedly a much better life!

Before surgery tips Deciding to undergo a surgery of this kind implies a drastic change in each person’s feeding behavior and you should also bear in mind the following tips before going for a Gastric Bypass. These are the first and very important steps to change you life completely. You have to be of age (over 18). Your doctor must confirm that your obesity has not been caused by any other disease that might be treated through other means. Your body mass index (BMI) must be over 40 or at least over 35 if you suffer from other morbid obesity-related disease You must have lived at least for 5 years within those indexes and have failed in your attempts to lose weight with non-surgical treatments. Take a time to think through the considerable changes that you will have to make in your feeding habits after your stomach capacity is reduced. Prepare yourself mentally to sustain these changes for the rest of your life. Bear in mind that you will not be able to drink large amounts of alcohol. If you are used to drinking alcohol en excess, you may probably not be a good candidate for this surgery.

After surgery tips A procedure of this complexity would most certainly have a long and painfully recovery period. Luckily, and thanks to our state-of-the-art technology and highly experience professionals, gastric bypass recovery period is amazingly quick and virtually painless. So you can enjoy the results immediately and begin your new life as if nothing had happened. Are you ready to live the life you deserve? Recovery You can get out of bed and take a few steps 2 hours after surgery. At first you will feel discomfort when making efforts with the abdominal area, however the pain will faint very quickly. Bandaging A small adhesive dressing will cover each of the 1 cm-incisions. You will also have two drain tubes connected to hermetic plastic bottles, one of which will be removed on the third day after surgery and the other one on the seventh day. Pain level Low to moderate Scars Seven scars of just 1 cm of length will be distributed on the abdomen in a diamond-shape, which inferior tip will be the belly-bottom and the superior tip the sternum. Stitch removal 7 to 10 days after surgery.

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.

After undergoing a gastric bypass you will be able to digest the kind of food that you like, provided that it does not make you feel ill. However, bear in mind that the reduction of your stomach size will force you to eat small amounts of food, and therefore you will have to prioritize nutritious food.

If you fill your stomach with highly caloric and poorly nutritious food, such as sugar and fat, you will probably diminish the beneficial effects achieved with surgery. On the other hand, the sugar that passes to the small bowel without being digested may produce nausea or pain, and you may become accustomed avoid it, which will help you lose weight more quickly.

If everyday food turns out to be low in vitamins and minerals, you may need to take vitamins. You must accept that you will not to be able to eat at other people’s pace.

Some patients, who have underwent this surgery, consider it best to order a smaller portion of healthy food and make it last until all the people have finished their meal. If you are honored with a dinner, for instance, you should probably explain that you are not turning down the offer, it is just that your stomach has a limited capacity. Most certainly you will also develop your own habits and you will know what to do to feel comfortable on every occasion.