GASTRIC BYPASS

Gastric Bypass Surgery in Istanbul, Turkey

Gastric Bypass: Effective Weight Loss Surgery at Marmara Health Clinic

Marmara Health Clinic, we understand the challenges of obesity and its impact on your health. We offer a variety of weight loss solutions, including gastric bypass surgery, to help you achieve long-term weight loss and improve your overall well-being.

Gastric bypass surgery can help you lose a significant amount of weight, approximately 85% of your excess weight, and establish positive long-term dietary habits.

By rerouting the stomach, this procedure limits calorie absorption, resulting in rapid weight loss. our team at Marmara Health Clinic in Istanbul, Turkey, use the latest technology to ensure that your treatment is as safe and successful as possible.

This procedure is beneficial for obese patients that also have diabetes and whose efforts to lose weight with diet and exercise alone have proved unsuccessful. Considered as the gold standard, gastric bypass surgery is one of the most performed bariatric surgeries and it can help you establish a healthy lifestyle and restore your confidence.

Improve Your Quality of Life with Gastric Bypass

Rapid Results

Diet and exercise can take years to produce results—if they work at all. Gastric bypass surgery can encourage rapid, safe weight loss.

Lasting Effects

With support from the nutritionists at Marmara Health Clinic, you can maintain the effects of gastric bypass surgery for years to come.

Better Health

Gastric bypass can help improve a range of obesity-related health issues, including diabetes, sleep apnea, and heart disease.

Do I Qualify for Gastric Bypass?

Your BMI Is 40 or Higher

Since gastric bypass surgery is a serious procedure, doctors generally only perform it for those with very high BMIs.

Your BMI Is 35 or Higher and...

If you have a serious weight-related health concern in addition to a BMI of at least 35, you may also qualify for gastric bypass.

Diet and Exercise Are Not Helping

The Marmara Health Clinic network of physicians only recommends weight loss surgery if lifestyle changes have not helped.

What Does Gastric Bypass Surgery Do?

The Roux-en-Y procedure gets its name from the way it changes your digestive system. “Roux-en-Y" means “in the shape of a Y."

The procedure divides both your stomach and your small intestine, connecting each new segment together to form a “Y” shape.

How does Roux-en-Y surgery work?

First, it reduces the functional part of your stomach to a small pouch, separating it from the rest with surgical staples. This restricts the amount of food that your stomach can hold. Then, it connects the new stomach pouch to a lower segment of your small intestine.

This means that when food goes through your digestive system, it will now bypass most of your stomach and the first part of your small intestine. Because of this bypass, your digestive system won’t absorb all of the nutrients (or calories) in your food.

What can you expect from a Gastric Bypass?

After a Gastric Bypass you will eat and drink smaller amounts than before. As a result, you will ultimately lose 70% to 80% of your excess weight in about a year after your operation. The absorption of fats is limited and you feel full for a long time. That's great, so you no longer crave food like you may have done before! Our experience shows that overweight patients who have undergone a gastric bypass almost always see an improvement in their quality of life.

You usually return for consultation after 1, 2, 3 and 6 months. We then discuss the next step towards 'your new lifestyle'. All your questions and any uncertainties will be discussed. All steps will of course be explained to you before the procedure during the first consultation.

How is Gastric Bypass Surgery Performed?

Most Roux-en-Y surgery operations today are performed by laparoscopy, a minimally-invasive surgery technique. The laparoscopic gastric bypass was introduced almost 30 years ago and has since become the standard of care for most people.

Laparoscopic surgery involves three to five small incisions in your abdomen, each about a half an inch. Smaller cuts mean fewer complications, less bleeding, less pain and a faster recovery. Your surgeon will perform the operation through these openings, using long, narrow tools.

Sometimes laparoscopic operations such as Roux-en-Y are done with robotic assistance. Robotic surgery is still controlled by the surgeon. It just means that the surgeon attaches robotic arms to the laparoscopic tools. They control the arms with a computer.

While 90% of Roux-en-Y surgeries are performed laparoscopically, some people may need to have open surgery to manage their specific conditions. Rarely, some laparoscopic Roux-en-Y surgeries may need to convert to open surgeries to be completed safely.

What Are The Advantages Of Roux-En-Y Surgery?

Gastric bypass can be a highly effective treatment for obesity, offering several benefits:

The Roux-en-Y has proven to be effective on ameliorating and even resolving obesity-related comorbidities such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, osteoarthritis, dyslipidemia, obstructive sleep apnea, asthma, varicose veins, even infertility.

Choosing to improve your health with gastric bypass surgery can provide many benefits, including:

• Remission of type 2 diabetes
• Relief from joint pain
• Resolution of sleep apnea
• Reduction in the risks related to hypertension and heart disease
• Healthier lifestyle
• Better quality of life
• Dramatic, long-term weight loss
• Enhanced self-confidence

A Roux-en-Y might be reversible if the patient faces long-term complications, although a reversal also implies risks as any surgical procedure would.

What Are The Possible Risks Of The Procedure?

In the short term, gastric bypass surgery shares the same general risks as many other surgeries, including:

• Wound infection.
• Excessive bleeding.
• Reactions to anesthesia.

Complications more specific to gastric bypass surgery can include:

• Hernias: Hernias occur when one of your organs pushes through a gap in your muscle wall.
• Small bowel obstruction: Scar tissue can cause narrowing or obstruction of your small intestine.
• Anastomotic leaks: Gastric bypass severs and reconnects your small intestine in more than one place. If the connection point leaks, it can lead to serious infection inside your abdominal cavity.

What is The Recovery Time From Gastric Bypass Surgery?

You’ll likely spend a day recovering in the hospital, then a few weeks recovering at home before you feel ready to go back to work. You may need to avoid strenuous activity for up to six weeks, and it may take up to twelve weeks to resume a normal diet.

What Kind Of Diet Will I Have To Follow After Gastric Bypass Surgery?

You will have strict dietary guidelines to follow for several months after your surgery. This is both to protect your digestive system while it heals and to make sure you get the nutrients you need while taking in less food overall.

You’ll probably start on a liquid diet for the first several weeks, then gradually progress to a soft diet for several more. It might be two to three months before you return to solid foods. When you do, you will have to continue to choose your foods carefully.

Your healthcare team will provide you with more specific dietary guidelines, but they generally include:

• Consuming at least 64 ounces of fluids a day: This can be challenging, due to your reduced stomach size, especially since you’ll be advised not to drink while eating. But hydration is very important following surgery to avoid unpleasant side effects, such as nausea and constipation.
• Consuming at least 100 grams of protein a day: Protein is the most important macronutrient you’ll need to stay strong after surgery and prevent muscle loss. Staying focused on protein sources will help you get more mileage out of the calories you consume and avoid less nutritious choices.
• Taking vitamin and mineral supplements daily: You’ll need to take micronutrient supplements for the rest of your life. Your digestive system will no longer be able to absorb enough of them from your food alone. Vitamin and mineral deficiencies can have serious health effects.
• Avoiding foods high in sugar and starch: While this is good general advice for maintaining weight loss, there is a more important reason why you’ll need to avoid these foods following surgery. It has to do with how quickly food will pass from your stomach to your small intestine now. Concentrated doses of carbohydrates (sugars) entering your small intestine can cause uncomfortable side effects, such as indigestion and rapid blood sugar changes.

How much does a Gastric Bypass cost?

At Marmara Health Clinic, we like it when people feel good about themselves. By using effective and safe methods, we can organize the operating time as efficiently as possible, which promotes a faster recovery.

We offer transparent all-in prices, including surgery, overnight stay and the necessary aftercare. This way you know in advance what to expect in costs, no surprises afterwards.

Contact Our Clinic at Istanbul Today

Our clinic is located in the top medical tourism city in Turkey, Istanbul. To learn more about the procedure or to schedule a consultation, contact our surgical facility online or dial (90) 544 165 05 04 (TR).

FAQ Gastric Sleeve Surgery in Istanbul Turkey

How common is gastric bypass surgery?

The Roux-en-Y procedure has been practiced, studied and refined for over 50 years. It was once the most common weight loss surgery, but in recent years it’s been overtaken by the gastric sleeve. Today the gastric bypass represents about 18% of all bariatric surgeries.

How long does gastric bypass surgery take?

The procedure itself takes between two to four hours. Afterward, you’ll probably remain in the hospital for two days. You won’t be able to eat solid foods yet.

How painful is gastric bypass surgery?

You’ll feel moderate pain in the first few days, but you’ll have pain medication on demand through a catheter in your vein. You won’t be discharged from the hospital until you’ve weaned from your pain medication and are able to move around comfortably on your own.

At home, you’ll have prescription pain medications to take. Most people wean from these within a week. You may continue to feel your incision wounds while they heal, but the smaller laparoscopic surgery incisions heal relatively quickly.

How much weight can you lose with gastric bypass surgery?

Weight loss in the first year or two after surgery is often significant. The average is about 70% of excess weight. Over the longer term, some people gain some weight back, but the average long-term weight loss is 50% of excess weight. That number holds steady for 20 years.

Is it put an end to obesity?

If all that dieting and exercise unfortunately does not provide a solution for you, then a Gastric Bypass could be a solution. If you look at Gastric Bypass before and after photos you will see a big difference in excess weight. With a Gastric Bypass you can lose an average of 70% to 80% of your excess weight.

How are waste schedule after gastric bypass?

After the procedure you will not suddenly lose all your kilos, this will happen in phases. However, you will quickly notice the first differences and you can initially assume approximately one kilo of weight loss per week. This will last a maximum of one to two years, after which most patients are at their lowest weight.

Our experience shows that after a few years you may gain some weight again. This is because the eating pattern subconsciously changes over time. Gaining a few kilos is usually not a problem, but make sure you continue to eat healthy and exercise. So make sure that you stick to the weight loss schedule in the long term.

What kind of follow-up care can I expect after gastric bypass?

You’ll have regular checkups with your healthcare provider over the following months and years. They’ll monitor your general health and weight loss, test you for nutritional deficiencies and continue to provide counseling on the diet and lifestyle changes you’re implementing.

Are there differences Gastric Bypass of Gastric Sleeve?

Many wonder what the difference is between the Gastric Bypass and the Gastric Sleeve. With a sleeve, only the stomach is reduced, while with a gastric bypass, as the name suggests, a bypass is placed. What is a Bypass? This is a diversion of the small intestine, which is created surgically.

The latter affects the digestive system and therefore a Gastric Bypass is particularly suitable for those who quickly suffer from acid reflux. This method of surgery is also often recommended for patients with diabetes or high cholesterol.

Are you just overweight and not suffering from any other problems? In most cases, gastric sleeve surgery is preferred. However, you do not have to make the choice yourself, because our specialists will work with you to determine which procedure suits you best during your first consultation.