Question:
What happens tp part of intestine that is bypassed and to

My husband and my friend have both been wanting to know, when they bypass the lower part of the small intestine and the other part of the stomach that is no longer used, what happens to them. I cannot answer their question. Anyone know.....Please help clear this up...Thanks.......    — Ms. M. (posted on August 6, 2002)

August 6, 2002
Carol, anything that is cut or bypassed in this procedure remains inside the body and can be re-assembled if in the rare event that it becomes necessary. The intestines are basically measured, cut and re-routed. The more that is bypassed, the more malabsorption you will have. Everything will still have a blood supply to keep it alive.
   — Tina B.

August 6, 2002
The rest of the stomach is producing gastric juices that flow into the duodenum and then into the intestines (the way they always have, but then joined up with the rest of the intestines approximately 75+ cm down (whatever your surgeon determines). Think of this as the left-hand side of the "Y" in the roux-en-Y. The gallbladder (if it is not removed) will also be producing bile which will flow through the left-hand side of your hookup.
   — John Rushton