Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: A case report at one-year follow-up

Surgery is the only treatment for morbid obesity that has been proven to ac hieve a significant long-term weight loss, The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass pro cedure has been performed for the treatment of morbid obesity over the past two decades with excellent results. Wound complications and perioperative morbidity remain unresolved problems of the procedure. A laparoscopic appro ach to this procedure has great potential to minimize the complications of this highly effective technique. We describe a laparoscopically performed R oux-en-Y gastric bypass in a 28-year-old woman with morbid obesity. The tec hnique described here preserves the anatomic construct of the operation but introduces the benefit of the laparoscopic approach.