Question:
dose any one know anything about this surgery......S.R.V.G.

   — cheryl D. (posted on May 17, 1999)

May 17, 1999
Not trying to be mean but....have you even looked at the sight? there is soooo much info on all the surgeries!
   — BARBARA R.

May 17, 1999
The Salastic Ring is used in the Vertical Ring Gastric Bypass done by the Surgilite Medical Group. After the stomach is revised through stapeling to a 50cc pouch and the jejumum is resected a salastic "O" Ring is placed just below the pouch where the pouch and the jejumum are joined. this acts much in the same way as the pyloric valve in the duodemum keeping food from dropping immediately into the intestine. By doing this it allows the food to digest before leaving an acid enviornment and going into an alkaline enviornment, thus reducing the chances of "dumping syndrom." If you would like to know more about this procedure you can read about it at http://surgilite.hypermart.net. They also have a discussion list and a message board where you can communicate with others who have had the procedure or who are contemplating having it. Rich
   — Richard T.

May 23, 1999
SRVG is the same as VBG. It is a portionong off of the stomache with a row of staples and then a ring is placed at the bottom of the portioned off stomach to slow down the rate at which the stomach empties, therefore allowing you to feel full longer on less food. Good Luck!
   — Donna D.

April 23, 2000
ABSTRACT: Thirty-five patients who had undergone primary bariatric surgery between 14 January 1988 and 16 September 1990 were selected for retrospective analysis based on the availability of 3-month and 1-year ( 3 months) follow-up visit records. Fourteen patients had undergone a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RGB), and 21 patients had undergone a Silastictrade mark ring vertical gastroplasty (SRVG). Weight loss, pre- and postoperative body mass index (BMI), and the postoperative incidence of dumping syndrome, anemia, and food intolerance were compared. At 1 year ( 3 months), the average weight loss was 40 kg for the entire group. The RGB patients lost an average of 41.7 kg, while the SRVG patients lost an average of 39.4 kg (not significant). The average preoperative BMI was 46.4 kg/m(2) for both the RGB and SRVG patients. The 1-year postoperative BMI was 30.6 kg/m(2) for the RGB patients and 32.4 kg/m(2) for the SRVG patients (not significant). One RGB patient developed a dumping syndrome, and one RGB patient showed evidence of a nutritional anemia. Neither complication was incapacitating. The SRVG patients had far more difficulty in advancing the consistency and variety of their diet in the early postoperative period, with only 62% (13/21) of the SRVG patients demonstrating an ability to tolerate a regular consistency diet at the end of 1 year. Seventy-six percent (16/21) of the SRVG patients reported occasional vomiting at 1 year, compared to only 7% (1/14) of the RGB patients. This retrospective analysis documented comparable weight loss for the RGB and SRVG operations. A greater incidence of eating problems up to 1 year postoperatively was observed in patients following SRVG in comparison to RGB. TITLE: Weight Loss Comparison of Gastric Bypass and Silastictrade mark Ring Vertical Gastroplasty._____________________________________________________ AUTHORS: Zimmerman V; Campos CT; Buchwald H AUTHOR AFFILIATION: Department of Nutrition, University of Minnesota, MN 55455 USA. SOURCE: Obes Surg 1992 Feb;2(1):47-49 [Record as supplied by publisher] CITATION IDS: PMID: 10765163 UI: No Cit. ID assigned
   — lisadiehl