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Mini Gastric Bypass Surgery in Tijuana

Mini Gastric Bypass Surgery

Mini Gastric Bypass, also known as Single-Anastomosis Gastric Bypass, is an effective and well-established procedure that combines some of the properties of a gastric sleeve and a standard gastric bypass. The mini-gastric bypass is a restrictive and malabsorptive procedure. The process shrinks your stomach, limiting the amount of food you can eat. By bypassing up to 6 feet of the intestines, this procedure also reduces food absorption.

The stomach is divided with a laparoscopic stapler. The majority of the stomach is no longer attached to the esophagus and will no longer receive food creating a new, much smaller, and shaped like a small tube stomach. The remainder of the intestines will then be attached to the new stomach. Food passes through 2 to 7 feet of the intestines from your small tube-like stomach, where it resumes the normal digestive process in the remaining intestine.

Compared to Gastric bypass surgery, mini-gastric bypass surgery is a faster procedure and less invasive resulting in faster recovery and lesser risk while expecting a weight loss of 60% – 80% of a patient’s excess weight.

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Mini Gastric Bypass, also known as Single-Anastomosis Gastric Bypass, is an effective and well-established procedure that combines some of the properties of a gastric sleeve and a standard gastric bypass. The mini-gastric bypass is a restrictive and malabsorptive procedure. The process shrinks your stomach, limiting the amount of food you can eat. By bypassing up to 6 feet of the intestines, this procedure also reduces food absorption.

The stomach is divided with a laparoscopic stapler. The majority of the stomach is no longer attached to the esophagus and will no longer receive food creating a new, much smaller, and shaped like a small tube stomach. The remainder of the intestines will then be attached to the new stomach. Food passes through 2 to 7 feet of the intestines from your small tube-like stomach, where it resumes the normal digestive process in the remaining intestine.

Compared to Gastric bypass surgery, mini-gastric bypass surgery is a faster procedure and less invasive resulting in faster recovery and lesser risk while expecting a weight loss of 60% – 80% of a patient’s excess weight.

How Does Mini Gastric Bypass Surgery Work?

Compared to Gastric Sleeve – Both procedures reduce the size of the stomach, which restricts the food intake. With the mini-gastric bypass surgery, the size of the stomach is reduced by bypassing a large part of the small intestines, keeping the stomach in place. Nevertheless, the gastric sleeve reduces the size of the stomach by permanently removing about 80% of it.

Compared to Gastric Bypass – The mini-gastric bypass is an alternative to the traditional gastric bypass in performing the procedure. The results with the mini-gastric bypass and the conventional gastric bypass are similar. Nevertheless, patients who are experiencing GERD or acid reflux should opt for gastric bypass instead. Because the mini-gastric bypass procedure is less intestinal rerouting and doesn’t transform the digestive system dramatically, making the process much less invasive, the mini-gastric has a slightly shorter recovery time with lesser risks.

Mini Gastric Bypass Weight Loss Expectations

The amount of weight you will lose will depend on a multiple of factors. These factors include diet, exercise, lifestyle, and your overall commitment. Most patients lose weight rapidly within the first six months after the surgery.
Considering that a patient is compliant, here’s the expected weight loss post-operative.

  • 3 months post-op: 30% to 35% excess weight loss
  • 6 months post-op: 45% to 50% excess weight loss
  • 12 months post-op: 65% excess weight loss
  • 18 months post-op: 70% to 75% excess weight loss
The weight loss in pounds (lbs) differ. Excess weight is the current weight, less the patient’s weight based on BMI

Mini Gastric Bypass Advantages and Disadvantages

Knowing how much anyone can be benefitted from this weight loss surgery, like any other surgery, it is essential that a patient is ready and understands what to expect after the surgery.
Advantages:
  • Asthma/Breathing Issues
  • Type II Diabetes
  • Sleep Apnea
  • Arthritis
  • Headaches and Migraines
  • High Cholesterol and Blood Pressure
  • Infertility and PCOS Syndrome
  • Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease or GERD
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Back Pain and Joint Pain2
  • Safer than the traditional gastric bypass
  • Shorter operating and recovery time due to less rerouting of the intestines
  • Similar weight loss results with the traditional gastric bypass
Disadvantages:
  • Deficiency complications on vitamins and minerals and high risks of malabsorption
  • Bile reflux gastritis
  • Leakage or infection
  • Dumping syndrome causes diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and nausea
  • Other possible complications such as surgical site hernias, ulcers, and other minor infections

How the Mini Gastric Bypass is Performed

Before the surgery, the patient is given general anesthesia, which keeps them asleep and pain-free.
An endotracheal tube is inserted into the windpipe to allow breathing during surgery.

The surgeon starts by making 3 to 5 small incisions on the abdomen. Afterwhich, the abdominal cavity is filled with CO2 to have room to perform the surgery comfortably.
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Step 01
Sealed by an endoscopic cutter/stapler, five bariatric surgical trocars are placed within the belly to create a stomach pouch. A trocar is a hollow tube used by surgeons to perform surgery with special surgical equipment like a laparoscopic video camera and other laparoscopic tools.
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Step 02
Divide the stomach into two sections - making the smaller section your “new stomach”
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Step 03
The bypassed section of the small intestines connects to the new stomach. The connection point is called “anastomosis,” which will be reinforced with sutures.
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Step 04

At Be Slim Bariatrics, our patient’s safety is our top priority. Before the surgery, a series of lab tests will be conducted to make sure that your body is ready for the surgery. You will meet with many members of the medical team and have a chance to speak to your board-certified bariatric surgeon from the Tijuana team to ask questions. Our staff will perform a leak test as well prior to your discharge for patient quality assurance.

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