The main criteria for undergoing Mini gastric bypass surgery is that you should have a BMI of 40 and above, or 30 and above with presence of other co-morbidities like diabetes, sleep apnea, joints pain etc. You should have tried a diet and exercise programme in the past and failed to have achieved weight loss, there should no other history of weight loss surgeries and alcohol abuse and if you are between 18 to 55 years of age, you can undergo mini gastric bypass surgery.

The procedure is performed laparoscopically under general anaesthesia. An access is created to the abdominal cavity with small incisions of approximately 1 inch for instrument insertion. The liver is retracted for the procedure. The stomach anatomy is then divided into two portions. The surgeon makes a narrow stomach tube that is connected to the distal end of small intestine at a distance of 6 feet. The second distal section of stomach that does not receive food for digestion juices flow down to reach the digesting food at distal end.

Recovery is quick with laparoscopic procedures. You will need to stay for 2-3 nights at the hospital for recovery. Follow-up visit is done for confirmation of an uncomplicated recovery. After surgery a proper diet, exercise and lifestyle changes have to be accommodated for desired weight loss and to sustain the results.

According to several studies done in the past the short term, weight loss is approximately 70 – 80%. In most of these cases, at least 60 % of weight loss is sustained over long term.

Mini gastric bypass lasts for one and a half to two hours. It is a simple painless laparoscopic procedure. You would stay at the hospital for 3-4 days to make sure you are on the right healing path and another week to ten days in town for recovery for your mini gastric bypass surgery in India.