Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is a weight loss surgery that makes your stomach smaller and reroutes your intestines. You feel full faster, so you eat less. It can also affect how you absorb calories and ...

This surgical technique is called a "Roux-en-Y." After a Roux-en-Y, food passes directly from the stomach into the jejunum, bypassing the duodenum. This curbs your absorption of calories and ...

More information: Marko Kraljević et al, Long-Term Outcomes of Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass vs Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for Obesity, JAMA Surgery (2025). DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg ...

I am morbidly obese and I would like to find out if Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery is performed in South Africa. If it is, where I can I find contact details etc. Answer::Tricia, it is done in SA ...

However, sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass did not significantly differ in terms of mean percentage total weight loss. (HealthDay News) — The long-term outcomes of sleeve ...