Food tolerance in patients submitted to gastric bypass: the importance of using an integrated and interdisciplinary approach.

Background: Under the restrictive component, patients undergoing gastric bypass may have food intolerance with or without complications.

Methods: This study used quantitative, analytical, observational methodology with patients submitted to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass without the placement of a ring at Hospital Universitário do Rio Grande do Norte in the city of Natal, Brazil between July 2005 and August 2010. Out of 176 patients monitored after surgery by the interdisciplinary team, 47 took part in the study.