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1 percent for biliopancreatic diversion or duodenal switch procedures, which compare favorably with the accepted operative mortality rates for other major surgical procedures.
New JAMA Study Shows Weight Loss Surgery Improves or Eliminates Leading Obesity Related Health Conditions; U of MN Professor Lead Author of First 'Meta-Analysis' Ever Done on Weight Loss Surgery and its Effect on Disease
Morbid obesity is one of the major risk factors for gallbladder disease, and the risk is even greater following rapid weight loss--the goal of biliopancreatic diversion, explained Dr.
The literature contains evidence both for and against prophylactic cholecystectomy prior to biliopancreatic diversion, but there are operative risks that can be avoided with pharmacologic prophylaxis, Dr.
Is prophylactic cholecystectomy unnecessary?
He also can guide editors through the different options available to surgeons, evaluating the benefits and drawbacks of the different procedures -- Roux-en-Y (gastric bypass), vertical ring gastroplasty (stomach stapling) and biliopancreatic diversion -- and the circumstances in which they are best applied.
Top California Bariatric Surgeon Available to Explain Why There Is No One 'Right' Kind of Weight Loss Surgery; - Perception That Less Invasive, Laparoscopic Techniques are Always Better is Wrong, Says Jamshid Nazarian M.D., Veteran of Over 2,000 Open and Laparoscopic Procedures -
The three surgical approaches--Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, gastric banding, and biliopancreatic diversion with or without duodenal switch--all had their advocates at the meeting.
a bariatric surgeon in San Francisco who has received funding from Ethicon, called the biliopancreatic diversion with a duodenal switch "more durable, [because it results in] no dumping, and offers significant quality of life improvements.
MedCAC panel weighs more coverage for bariatric surgery
DENVER -- Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding was significantly safer than Roux-en-Y gastric bypass or biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch in the first head-to-head comparison of the laparoscopic versions of the three bariatric operations as performed by a single surgeon.
Surgeons generally agree that banding procedures, which restrict food intake without altering the digestive process, are simpler but yield less long-term weight loss than malabsorptive operations such as Roux-en-Y bypass or biliopancreatic diversion.
Gastric banding fares best: complications tallied in laparoscopic operations
Patients who undergo biliopancreatic diversion maintain 78% of their excess weight loss postoperatively during both time periods.
Demand for bariatric surgery 'unbelievable': obesity at all-time high

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