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An adult patient is admitted for gastric bypass procedure for treatment of morbid obesity. Patient has been obese most of her adult life and has failed all attempts at supervised diet; she has a BMI of 41.3. Patient has a family history of diabetes. She hopes to see improvement in her type 2 diabetes, with expected weight loss for bariatric surgery. Patient undergoes a laparoscopic bypass with Roux-en-Y limb to jejunum and is put on the bariatric diet, which she tolerates without difficulty. She is discharged in satisfactory condition.Discharge Diagnosis: Morbid obesity Diabetes
Procedure: Laparoscopic gastric bypass


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