FIGURE 1 Restrictive weight-loss surgery procedures.
From the following article:
Therapy Insight: weight-loss surgery and major cardiovascular risk factors
George L Blackburn and Edward C Mun
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Figure 1. Restrictive weight-loss surgery procedures.
(A) Vertical banded gastroplasty. Both a band and staples are used to create a small stomach pouch. (B) Adjustable gastric banding. A band made of a special material is placed around the stomach near its upper end, creating a small pouch of the upper stomach and a narrow passage into the larger remainder of the stomach. (C) Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. A restrictive procedure in which a small proximal gastric pouch is created, followed by the creation of a jejunojejunostomy in a 'Y' configuration to allow an end of the jejunum to be brought up and anastomosed to this proximal pouch.2 Drawings were rendered by A Heffess and generously provided by EC Mun. Reproduced with permission from reference 2 © (2001) the American Gastroenterological Association.
