Gastric Bypass Surgery Side Effects

Gastric Bypass Surgery is an extremely popular weight loss surgery for obese individuals. The purpose of the procedure is to reduce the size of the stomach, which will then reduce the amount of calories that are absorbed into the body during each meal.  There is now concern over surgery complications as well as particular surgical items or devices which are used during the surgery. Remember: The purpose of this surgery is to make the stomach smaller. They use stapes to separate the lower portion of the stomach for this purpose. They then connect the small intestine to the small upper portion of the stomach. Therefore, that portion of the stomach is the only portion receiving food from that point on. Some of the side effects have been that the small intestine has not been attached properly. There has been an issue concerning whether or not the staples used are foolproof. If these staples fail, they can cause severe side effects, including death, inflammation, infection, leakage, and other serious events. Thus far, the FDA has received approximately 100 reports of death and over 9000 serious adverse event reports concerning the surgical staplers and staples used in the procedure.

 If you or a loved one has undergone Bariatric gastric bypass or the Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass procedures and developed the complications as a side effect, contact us immediately. You may be entitled to compensation for your injuries. We have set up a Gastric Bypass surgery side effect legal team including doctors, lawyers, paralegals, and intake staff, to assist you. We have 18 offices in California and are actively reviewing defective surgical stapler cases throughout the state. We have an office near you.

The medical device and product liability team at Nadrich & Cohen are experienced trial lawyers and are now focusing a separate unit on representing victims of Gastric Bypass surgery. We are investigating and accepting Ethicon and US Surgical Gastric Bypass Surgery complication cases from coast-to-coast.

If you or your loved one is a victim of gastric bypass surgery side effects or complications, please fill out the free, confidential email inquiry on the right. Do it today. Please call 1-800-718-4658, 24-hour- a day, 7-days-a -week, to speak with one of our Gastric Bypass Specialists.

 

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