Abstract
Obesity is a chronic medical condition associated with increased morbidity & mortality. Affects 250 million world-wide & 300 thousand deaths/yr. Surgery appears to be the best long-term Rx option, with high success. The most popular procedure is the Roux-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) which takes advantage of both restrictive (small pouch) & malabsorptive surgery. Complications following RYGB have been well described. Those which may be amenable to endotherapy include dilation of gastric stoma. These pts present with wt gain following initial wt loss.
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