Dr. Jayme Stokes, with Wilmington Health Surgery Division, performs three types of bariatric surgeries: RNY (Roux-en-Y), also known as gastric bypass; the vertical sleeve gastrectomy; and revisional gastric surgery. With the RNY gastric bypass, the stomach is surgically divided to create a small stomach pouch that will hold about 3 ounces of food. With the sleeve gastrectomy, about two-thirds of the stomach is removed, and capacity is also about 3 ounces of food. In revisional bariatric surgery, Dr. Stokes will repair and/ or modify an earlier operation. Possible candidates for revisional surgery are patients whose previous bariatric surgery have produced complications or other conditions that require management, for example: chronic gerd, chronic nausea. Dr. Stokes does not perform the silicone lap band, but he does manage those in patients that have already had the lap band procedure elsewhere.
The full list of Bariatric Surgery options provided are:
