article_snippet: Over 6,500 weight loss procedures are currently performed in the UK every year with gastric bypass one of the most common operations.
article_snippet: This number is set to increase with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellent (NICE) recommending the NHS should offer even more weight loss surgery to thousands more people to tackle the growing obesity epidemic.
article_snippet: Gastric bypass surgery is often favoured over gastric band surgery by doctors.
article_snippet: This is because unlike a band – which temporarily makes the stomach smaller and can be removed - the stomach is permanent.
article_snippet: The patient and gives better weight loss results for the very obese.
article_snippet: I only hope telling Mrs Jones’s tragic story makes anyone else think twice before having gastric surgery. '
article_snippet: If having gastric surgery stops just one person going through the same nightmare, it will be worth it.'