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Descriptor English:   Gastric Bypass 
Descriptor Spanish:   Derivación Gástrica 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Derivação Gástrica 
Synonyms English:   Bypass, Gastric
Bypass, Gastroileal
Bypass, Roux-en-Y Gastric
Gastric Bypass, Greenville
Gastric Bypass, Roux-en-Y
Gastroileal Bypass
Gastrojejunostomies
Gastrojejunostomy
Greenville Gastric Bypass
Roux en Y Gastric Bypass
Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass  
Tree Number:   E02.570.500.062.249
E04.035.398.385
E04.062.249
E04.210.457.430
Definition English:   Surgical procedure in which the STOMACH is transected high on the body. The resulting small proximal gastric pouch is joined to any parts of the SMALL INTESTINE by an end-to-side SURGICAL ANASTOMOSIS, depending on the amounts of intestinal surface being bypasses. This procedure is used frequently in the treatment of MORBID OBESITY by limiting the size of functional STOMACH, food intake, and food absorption. 
Indexing Annotation English:   do not routinely add ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y
History Note English:   89 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects CL classification
EC economics ED education
ES ethics HI history
IS instrumentation LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods MO mortality
NU nursing PX psychology
RH rehabilitation ST standards
SN statistics & numerical data TD trends
VE veterinary  
Record Number:   23640 
Unique Identifier:   D015390 

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