Gastric bypass surgery is a common procedure used by morbidly obese people to lose weight. However, not all surgical procedures are successful, and patients must get gastric bypass revision. Patients opt for this procedure for three basic reasons: not losing enough weight, regaining weight or medical complication resulting from gastric bypass surgery. Doctors use flexible surgical tools to go through the mouth and resize the stomach pouch during this minimally invasive procedure.
Evaluation of Eating Behavior
ObesityHelp.com says that qualified doctors will examine the food consumption of people interested in gastric bypass revision. Patients will keep food journals for an amount of time designated by the doctor. Doctors may decide that diet modification will correct patients' trouble with weight loss.
Stomach Size Increase
The Consumer Guide to Bariatric Surgery states that doctors conduct an upper endoscopy exam by attaching a camera to a long, flexible tube. They insert this tube through the mouth to see if the stomach has stretched and if a gastric bypass revision is necessary.
StomaphyX
The Consumer Guide to Bariatric Surgery says that StomaphyX, a common form of gastric bypass revision, involves general anesthesia and the insertion of an endoscope into the mouth. Surgeons suction sections of stomach tissue, creating tissue folds that reduce the stomach's size.
Transoral ROSE (Restorative Obesity Surgery, Endolumenall)
Transoral ROSE, a gastric bypass revision surgery, is similar to StomaphyX in that they both involve inserting endoscopes into the body through the mouth. With transoral ROSE, the endoscope has four channels in which special instruments fit, and the connection between the stomach pouch and small intestine are sewn up. Surgeons place sutures and anchors into the stomach, causing people's stomachs to fill up more quickly.
Recovery
People who get gastric bypass revision procedures should eat mushy food for four to six weeks. As the stomach heals, slowly increase the amount of solid food consumed.
Cost
The Consumer Guide to Bariatric Surgery says that both gastric bypass revision procedures cost between $8,500 and $12,000--the procedures may or may not be covered by insurance.
