This type of surgery includes :

  • Gastric band to gastric sleeve/ gastric bypass
  • Gastric sleeve to gastric bypass or gastric bypass to gastric sleeve
  • Re-sleeve gastrectomy
  • Gastric sleeve to SADI-S or SASI
  • Vertical banded gastroplasty to gastric bypass
  • Nissen fundoplication to gastric bypass
  • Gastric bypass reversal

Common reasons someone might undergo bariatric revision surgery after a previous weight loss surgery include:

  • Weight gain or insufficient (not enough) weight loss
  • Poor tolerance of solid food
  • Medical conditions, such as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or ulcers
  • Hiatal hernia
  • Pouch / food loop dilation
  • Recurrent vomiting – voiding disorder / stenosis anastomosis
  • Chronic leaks
  • Chronic digestive symptoms, such as persistent vomiting
  • Malnutrition – stenosis anastomosis refractory to dilation.

This is a surgery with an increased risk of leaks and postoperative complications. A proper multidisciplinary preoperative clinical assessment and investigations are absolutely necessary.

The recommendation is to assess the initial bariatric surgery with radiological tests or endoscopy, to identify

  • You can watch here a gastric pouch confection in gastric sleeve conversion to gastric bypass

  • You can watch here a laparoscopic Nissen to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass conversion

  • You can watch here a laparoscopic Nissen to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass conversion