Gastric Bypass Surgery (laparoscopic)
Reduction of the stomach size with keyhole surgery and reducing the length of the small intestine, for very overweight people (bypassing the stomach the small intestine is directly attached to the top of the stomach)
- Speciality General Surgery
- Urgency elective
- Duration 1 to 3 h
- Blood Loss minimal to 500 ml
- Anaesthesia General Anaesthetic +/- Local Anaesthetic
- Procedures Urinary catheter, +/- Arterial line, +/- Central line
- Pain mild-moderate (++)
- Post-op Pain Local up to 4-8 hours
- Post-op Pain II Tablets, Suppositories, Injection (im, iv)
- Hospital Stay 3 to 4 days
- Full Recovery 4 to 6 weeks
- Additional Info Dietary intake is slowly built up after the operation
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