[Treatment of super obesity by laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: experience of 42 cases].

Objective: To investigate the feasibility and efficacy of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass(LRYGB) for super obesity(BMI≥50 kg/m(2)).

Method: Clinical data of 42 patients undergoing LRYGB in the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University between 2004 and 2008 were analyzed retrospectively.

Results: All the LRYGB procedures were successfully performed with no conversion to open surgery.