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Gastric bypass surgery in Tijuana, Mexico, also known as Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, is a weight-loss procedure that involves creating a small stomach pouch and connecting it directly to the small intestine, bypassing a significant portion of the stomach and upper small intestine.
Gastric bypass surgery is a metabolic and weight loss procedure. It’s also known by the French term, “Roux-en-Y.” The procedure works by modifying your digestive system so that you consume and absorb fewer calories. According to Dr. Jorge Castillo, from Tijuana Bariatric Surgery, this surgical procedure modifies your stomach and also your small intestine.
Gastric bypass surgery divides your stomach and your small intestine. Then the intestine connects to the stomach “pouch”.
First, it reduces the functional part of your stomach to a small pouch, separating it from the rest with surgical staples. This restricts the amount of food that your stomach can hold. Then, it connects the new stomach pouch to a lower segment of your small intestine.
This means that when food goes through your digestive system, it will now bypass most of your stomach and the first part of your small intestine. Because of this bypass, your digestive system won’t absorb all of the nutrients (or calories) in your food.
The Roux-en-Y procedure has been practiced, studied and refined for over 50 years. The Roux-en-Y procedure gets its name from the way it changes your digestive system. “Roux-en-Y” means “in the shape of a Y.” The procedure divides both your stomach and your small intestine, connecting each new segment together to form a “Y” shape.
If you have medically significant obesity, just losing weight can do a lot to improve your health. But gastric bypass surgery does more than that. It makes lasting changes to your metabolic system to help you manage your blood sugar, blood pressure and hunger.
Conditions improved by gastric bypass surgery include:
Gastric bypass surgery is a serious lifelong commitment, but it can provide significant lifelong changes. If you’re prepared to take more intensive care of yourself, eating more mindfully and exercising regularly, surgery can make these changes work for you like never before.
You will likely spend a day recovering in the hospital, then a few weeks recovering at home before you feel ready to go back to work. You may need to avoid strenuous activity for up to six weeks, and it may take up to twelve weeks to resume a normal diet.
