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After a Roux n Y Gastric Bypass, does the remaining stomach shrivel up and die or just lose its blood supply?

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After a Roux n Y Gastric Bypass, does the remaining stomach shrivel up and die or just lose its blood supply?

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No. Actually the stomach has a redundant blood supply (this allows us to do seeming radical operations on it with impunity). The stomach shrinks up to some degree – but if recruited back into use, it would function normally.