Gastric bypass surgery

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Caption: Gastric bypass surgery. Theatre assistant selecting surgical tools from a tray while surgeons behind her perform a gastric bypass operation. This surgery involves reducing the size of the stomach, which will make the patient feel full after eating less food, and reconstructing the intestines to reduce the amount of food absorbed by the patient.

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