Comparing Outcomes With Duodenal Switch vs Gastric Bypass
A new study comparing the outcomes of obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery found that the less commonly used procedure known as the biliopancreatic diversion/duodenal switch (DS) resulted in better maintained weight loss and comorbidity control than the more popular gastric bypass (GB). While the duodenal switch, a more drastic and technically challenging procedure than gastric [...]
Read the full article →Weight Regain – Gastric Bypass vs Duodenal Switch
Weight regain was significantly higher after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass than biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch in super obese patients, according to conclusions of a study published online March 5, 2012 in the medical journal Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. The researchers set up this study to compare the weight loss after two different primary [...]
Read the full article →Duodenal Switch Superior to Gastric Bypass for Severe Obesity
The duodenal switch weight loss procedure produced greater weight loss results in severely obese patients compared to gastric bypass surgery, according to a study recently published online in Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. A severely obese person is someone whose body mass index (BMI) is 40 or more. This is about 100 pounds overweight [...]
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