WEIGHT LOSS FAILURE
It is becoming increasingly clear that a significant percentage of bypass patients will regain most if not all of their weight. The weight gain occurs in most cases when the patient finds eating stragegies that allow the intake of high calorie foods in multiple, small portions. Doctors often try to wash their hands of these patients, blaming them for being "weak" or "failures". Morbid obesity is a complex problem which is not simply fixed by technically sucessful surgery, so it is not enough to choose a qualified surgeon-make sure that you are given long term access to nutritional and psychological counseling.

Hot Topic(2006)
The Federal Government announced in July of 2006 that 40% of gastric bypass patients develop complications following their surgery. As we have discussed on our site, leaks, infection and respiratory failure are among the most common serious complications.

Hot Topics(2005)
July 2005: Gastric Bypass surgery may, in some cases, cause the pancreas to go into hyperdive, resulting in increased insulin production and dangerously low levels of blood sugar(hypoglycemia). Patients with this condition typically have a hypoglycemic attack a few hours after eating. If you have unexplained symptoms after eating, contact your doctor immediately.

The risks of surgery may be greater than once thought. The latest data suggest that 20% of weight loss surgery patients suffer some type of complication, with 5% suffering serious problems such as heart attacks and stroke. The death rate in the first 30 days after surgery may be higher than for some types of heart interventions.

This is from a rather informational page on several WLS procedures at:

http://www.gastricbypassmalpractice.com/gastricbypassmalpracticeinformation.html