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The duodenal switch restricts the amount of eats that you are able to eat, as well as restricts the amount of fat that the body digests. The DS ...

Has anyone had a Bilio-pancreatic diversion with a duodenal switch, commonly known as a BPD?

Sep 18, 2007 by ♫ Bubastes, Cat Goddess* | Posted in Medicine

This is a gastric by antiquated surgery. I'm not talking about the lap band procedure.
This is the one where they give you a list of all the things that can go wrong & death is a the bottom of the inventory.
I understand that AMA was trying to get this surgery banned because of the high mortality rate.
I had mine done in 1998.

i had the roux en y done 3-27-07.have 43 lbs more to go to get to purpose weight & only prob now is possibly getting hernia. a friend of my husband's had the duodenal switch done last year. so far he has gone by the board over 250 lbs. he said it's like they say with the switch.extra gas and needs airfreshener. i hope your's is contemporary great.

Looking for a private insurance company that covers bariatric surgery (preferably duodenal switch )?

Aug 18, 2007 by peachtattoo | Posted in Insurance

My robustness coverage has the surgery as an exclusion so I hope to purchase an additional policy that will cover the surgery and what ever may be needed before, during and after the arise from.

Call your surgeon and ask her which insurances occupy the surgery. Go from there.

I think it will be easier to exercise the weight off.

Gastric Band or Duodenal Switch? Ideally diet yourself, but which of the two operations is safest?

Feb 25, 2007 by Tc.. | Posted in Diet & Fitness

Watched a program on a 16 yr old lad who had a gastric combination fitted overseas, with medical back up in his own country on returning home, I've also heard about the duodenal switch that is a longer op but which is the most first or which has the most complications?

Both gastric banding and roux-en-y (or duodenal switch) sugery have complications associated with them. The end denouement of the latter is basically short-bowel (or dumping) syndrome, that is, by decreasing the length of the small intestine, and abide size, you limit the amount of nutrients which can be absorbed, as well as decreasing the quantity of food taken in. The complication classify can be higher for the duodenal switch because the surgery is more involved and is not reversable.
Gastric banding, depending on the proceedure, can be reversed, however, there is a danger of gastric necrosis from the application of the band, or permanent damage to the stomach as a result of adhesions or scarring.
If I were to chose between the two, I would rather the gastric gather, which still permits the duodenum to function normally, and thus reduce the need for supplements to replace the fat soluable vitamins extinct in the duodenal switch procedure. The other embarrasing side effects of dumping syndrome are also eliminated. Both surgeries should only be performed by a bariatric surgeon with a excess deal of experience in these particular surgeries, and not just any old general surgeon.