This book presents and describes the various uses of gastric bypass in bariatric and metabolic surgery and outlines the different techniques currently available. Furthermore, the possible complications with the procedure and ways to avoid them are also discussed. The use of the gastric bypass for the treatment of diabetes is emphasized and the new indications for the operative treatment of diabetes are featured in detail. Endoscopic uses concerning the gastric bypass are also addressed, covering preoperative evaluation, complications treatment, weight regain treatment and endoscopic treatment of obesity. The most advanced techniques and new technologies available for performing gastric bypass surgeries are presented in the most didactic possible way, making use of value-added learning features throughout the text.Gastric Bypass - Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Perspectives is intended as a practical guide for all those interested and involved with bariatric surgery, including general surgeons, bariatric surgeons, GI surgeons and surgery residents.

History of the gastric bypass

Gastric bypass - Mechanisms of functioning
Rationale for gastric bypass
Morbid obesity
Obesity and related diseases
Preparing the patient for gastric bypass
Preoperative weightloss in gastric bypass
Preoperative testing
Patient Selection in Metabolic Surgery
Psychological and psiquiatric issues
Sleep apnea management
The superobese patient
Airway evaluation and management
Positioning the patient before the procedure
Developing the laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
Systemic Inflammation in the Morbidly Obese Patient
Banded Gastric Bypass by Fobi Ring- Technique and Results
Psychological and psychiatric issues
Simplified gastric bypass
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in the elderly patient
Gastric bypass reoperation for weight regain
Conversion of vertical banded gastroplasty to gastric bypass
Gastrojejunostomy testing
Closing the mesenteric defects
Preventing complications
Laparoscopic gastric bypass - Tricks and tips
Psychiatric assistance in bariatric surgery
Intraoperative complications
Abdominal Pain after gastric bypass
Marginal ulceration after (laparoscopic) Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Pathophysiology, Diagnostics, Treatment and Prevention
Rhabdomyolisis
Depressive Disorders, Alcohol Use Disorders and Suicidality in Bariatric Surgery
Nutritional complications
Eating disorders
Gallbladder stones and Choledocholitiasis
Hypoglycemia after Gastric Bypass
Dumping Syndrome
Endoscopic treatment of Roux en Y gastric bypass  complications
Endoscopic treatment of weight regain
Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Training and the Credentialing Process.- Training and Credentialing the Robotic Bariatric Surgeon.- Mechanisms of control of diabetes 2 with gastric bypass.- Type 2 diabetes and the gut.- Shifts in The Intestinal Microbiota after Gastric Bypass.- Selecting patients.- Gastric bypass in patients with metabolic syndrome^ 35kg/m2
Gastric bypass for type 2 diabetes BMI < 35kg/m2
Postoperative care
Mini Gastric Bypass- Why it is better in India than gastric bypass?
Can Bariatric surgery improve the Microvascular Complications of Type 2 Diabetes?.