Hartford, CT - The Bariatric Center at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center is proud to offer a web cast featuring
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery.
Director of Bariatric Surgery, Ioannis Raftopoulos, M.D., Ph.D., performs the surgery with commentary provided by Jeffrey Steinberg, M.D., Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Saint Francis.
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery is the most common weight loss surgery performed in the U.S. today. Using leading-edge technology, Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery is now performed with a
laparoscopic approach. This involves the use of "key-hole" rather than large incisions, as was traditionally required resulting in a quicker recovery time. At the Bariatric Center at Saint Francis, the laparoscopic approach has been successful in all our gastric bypass patients.
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Hartford, CT - The Bariatric Center at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center is proud to offer a web cast featuring
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery.
Director of Bariatric Surgery, Ioannis Raftopoulos, M.D., Ph.D., performs the surgery with commentary provided by Jeffrey Steinberg, M.D., Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Saint Francis.
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery is the most common weight loss surgery performed in the U.S. today. Using leading-edge technology, Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery is now performed with a
laparoscopic approach. This involves the use of "key-hole" rather than large incisions, as was traditionally required resulting in a quicker recovery time. At the Bariatric Center at Saint Francis, the laparoscopic approach has been successful in all our gastric bypass patients.
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery helps patients to lose weight through
malabsorption, reducing the body's ability to absorb calories and nutrients from food; and through
restriction, limiting the amount of food a person can eat. Malabsorption is achieved by rerouting food past a large part of the stomach and a portion of the small intestine. To restrict food intake, a small stomach pouch is created with the use of special stapling devices.
According to Dr. Raftopoulos, and based on outcomes at the Bariatric Center at Saint Francis, patients are expected to lose up to 100 percent of their excess weight after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass without weight regain, as long as compliance to medical follow-up, nutritional and lifestyle recommendations is maintained.
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery has also been shown to improve or resolve several other medical conditions such as hypertension, sleep apnea, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, acid reflux disease, urinary stress incontinence, infertility and fatty liver disease.
For more information on Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery as well as other weight loss procedures, please visit the website of the Bariatric Center at Saint Francis at
www.stfranciscare.com or call
1-800-642-9230.
