"Gastric Bypass" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Surgical procedure in which the STOMACH is transected high on the body. The resulting small proximal gastric pouch is joined to any parts of the SMALL INTESTINE by an end-to-side SURGICAL ANASTOMOSIS, depending on the amounts of intestinal surface being bypasses. This procedure is used frequently in the treatment of MORBID OBESITY by limiting the size of functional STOMACH, food intake, and food absorption.
| Descriptor ID |
D015390
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.065.062.249 E04.035.398.385 E04.062.249 E04.210.457.430
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| Concept/Terms |
Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass- Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
- Bypass, Roux-en-Y Gastric
- Gastric Bypass, Roux-en-Y
- Roux en Y Gastric Bypass
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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