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Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass—Laparoscopic Surgery
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Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass—Laparoscopic Surgery Side Effects and Warnings

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Possible Complications

If you are planning to have Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, your doctor will review a list of possible complications, which may include:

  • Nutritional deficiencies—You will need to take vitamins to get adequate amounts of vitamin B12 , iron , and calcium .
  • Bleeding
  • Infection
  • Blood clots
  • Hernia formation
  • Bowel obstruction
  • Breakdown of the staples, allowing leakage of stomach juices into the abdomen
  • Diarrhea, abdominal cramping, and vomiting
  • Dumping syndrome—This occurs after eating sweets, when food moves too quickly through the small intestine causing sweating, fatigue, lightheadedness, cramping, and diarrhea .
  • Complications of general anesthesia
  • Death—This occurs in less than 1% of patients.

Factors that may increase the risk of complications include:

  • Smoking
  • Recent or chronic illness (eg, kidney disease)
  • Diabetes
  • Old age
  • Heart or lung disease
  • Bleeding or clotting disorders

Call Your Doctor

After you leave the hospital, call your doctor if any of the following occurs:

  • Signs of infection, including fever and chills
  • Redness, swelling, increasing pain, excessive bleeding, or discharge from the incision site
  • Cough , shortness of breath, chest pain, or severe nausea or vomiting
  • Worsening abdominal pain
  • Blood in the stool
  • Pain, burning, urgency or frequency of urination, or persistent bleeding in the urine
  • Persistent nausea and/or vomiting
  • Pain and/or swelling in your feet, calves, or legs; sudden shortness of breath or chest pain
  • Any other worrisome symptoms

In case of an emergency, CALL 911.

 
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