Surgical Technique

Dr. Angel M. Caban and Dr. George Rossidis are Fellowship Trained bariatric surgeons that performs the gastric bypass Laparoscopically or Minimally Invasive 99.9% of the time. 

Unfortunately some surgeons in the area still to this date perform bariatric procedures using open surgery. Hopefully now you know that we have better options.

The gastric bypass surgery is composed mainly of two steps:

• Restriction – Our surgeons will divided the stomach with a special stapler to create a 30 ml/1 oz stomach pouch. The new small stomach is approximately the size of an egg.

• Malabsorption – The bypass portion entails rerouting the small intestine to decrease absorption of the calories.  Approximately 150 cm of your proximal gastrointestinal tract is bypass.

The operation is done through five small incisions (four 5 mm and one 12 mm) using a high definition camera, a TV screen and some special instruments.

A gastric bypass takes approximately 2-3 hours under general anesthesia.

Dr. Caban and Dr. Rossidis don’t leave any drains, feeding tubes or nasogastric tubes in place. The wounds are closed with absorbable sutures, so you wont have any sutures to cut or staples to remove.

Gastric Bypass Benefits

Weight loss is the biggest benefit after Gastric Bypass Surgery but you can see other improvements in your health.

In average patients will experience 70-80% Excess Body Weight Loss within 12-18 months.

Resolution or prevention of other comorbidities is in my opinion the most important benefit of weight loss surgery.

Resolution of diabetes, sleep apnea and esophageal acid reflux can be seen in excess of 80%.

Improvement of other conditions like high blood pressure, urinary incontinence, high cholesterol and joint pain can be seen in the majority of the patients.

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