A mini gastric bypass creates a long narrow tube of the stomach along its right border (the lesser curvature). A loop of the small gut is brought up and hooked to this tube at about 1.5 to 2 metres from the start of the intestine. The mini-gastric bypass was developed to reduce operating time, simplify the procedure and reduce complications.
Advantages of Mini Gastric Bypass Surgery
- Takes 60-90 minutes to perform
- One Anastamosis so lesser chances of immediate complications
- Similar weight loss and recovery.
- Less re-arrangment iff the intestines.
- Remission of Diabetes, hypertension and other co morbidities is almost similar to gastric bypass procedure.