Gastric Bypass Surgery Led to Rare Genetic Disorder

Gastric bypass surgery  can be life-saving for many people who are severely obese, but it also has many risks that can potentially be life-threatening. Hilary Lane weighed more than 300 pounds when she underwent gastric bypass surgery. While the surgery seemed to be a success and she began to drastically lose weight, the weight never stopped coming off. Doctors eventually discovered that she had developed a genetic mutation called urea cycle failure