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Gastric Bypass surgery, often simply referred to as gastric bypass, Bariatric or stomach stapling, is the surgical placing of a small pouch in the stomach to restrict food consumption to less than before surgery. More than 140,000 people had gastric bypass surgery in 2005. It can be a life saver for the extremely obese but it is not without risks: estimate indicate as many as 1 in 300 die from the surgery and many more suffer life long disabilities.

Mistakes most often made by surgeons include:

· Failure to note gastric fluid leaking
· Failure to recocnize signs of a pulmonary embolism
· Failure to treat post gastric bypass bleeding
· Failure to properly screen appropriate gastric bypass patients

Types of surgerical proccdures include: Open Roux en Y and or Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y
and Distal Gastric Bypass.

If you or a family member has had Gastric Bypass surgery and have suffered injuries as a result of this proceedures, call us so that we can investigate for you.

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