Greenville Weight Loss Surgery Center
University Medical Group – Dept. of Bariatric & Minimal Access Surgery
2104 Woodruff Road
Greenville SC 29607
866-445-2785
Roux-en-Y - Gastric Bypass in Greenville, SC
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RGB). This process is the most widespread gastric bypass surgery completed here in the United States. A tiny stomach pocket is designed by stapling part of the stomach together, or through a technique identified as lap banding. This is what minimizes how much food one can eat. Afterward, a Y-shaped section of the small intestine is attached to the pocket to permit food to bypass through the duodenum as through the first portion of the jejunum. This successfully enables concentrated caloric and nutrient absorption in the body. This process is performed with a laparoscope (a thin telescope-like apparatus for looking inside the abdomen) in several patients. The surgery leaves just nominal scarring when it’s conducted that way.
With Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, those that cause malabsorption and restrict actual food ingestion are capable of effectively experiencing greater weight loss than straightforward limitation surgeries that only minimize food intake. People who undertake this weight loss surgery are able to drop at least two- thirds of the surplus poundage with a twenty four month period.
About University Medical Group – Dept. of Bariatric & Minimal Access Surgery
Dr. Eric S. Bour and Dr. John D. Scott are both Greenville weight loss surgery medical professionals with experience assisting obese patients toward a healthier weight and lifestyle. Excessive weight gain may be a serious threat to health and has a number of uncomfortable and risky side effects including high blood pressure, sleep apnea, difficulty breathing, and can interfere with everyday activities. Patients facing obesity may choose to alter the internal structure of their digestive tract to help minimize the amount of calories ingested.
University Medical Group – Dept. of Bariatric & Minimal Access Surgery is the Greenville weight loss center where patients receive quality care from both physicians and where consultation occurs. Treatments for the treatment of excess weight involve malabsorptive and restrictive measures which help to alter the internal organs so that food is not as readily assimilated or ingested. This may mean weight loss in successful cases. Roux-en-Y and Lap Band procedures are two of the more commonly sought procedures.