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The biliopancreatic diversion with a duodenal switch procedure is a combination of both the restrictive as well as the malabsorptive weight loss surgery techniques. This weight loss surgery has been reported as having the highest success rates along with the longest lasting results. All of this combines makes the duodenal switch surgery one of the best of the modern weight loss surgeries available although the number of qualified surgeons who can perform this operation is limited.
As for the restrictive portion of the duodenal switch surgery the patient will have their stomach bisected in which the surgeon will physically remove over 85% of the patient’s stomach. While other weight loss surgeries create their restriction through the means of a pocket which bypass the stomach completely, the duodenal switch surgery leaves the stomach fully functional. Furthermore with the standard weight loss surgery the pyloric valve is also bypassed which is located at the bottom of the stomach. Since the duodenal switch surgery leaves the stomach fully functional, the pyloric valve is able to do its job appropriately which means there is no chance of suffering the dreaded dumping syndrome. Food is generally absorbed normally which also means that the patient will be able to eat somewhat normally as well.
When it comes to the malabsorptive component of the duodenal switch surgery the surgeon will rearrange the patient’s small intestines in such a way as to allow the flow of the food to be maintained separately from the body’s flow of pancreatic fluids and bile until further down the intestinal tract.
Due to the fact that the stomach remains fully functional, the patient is able to eat a larger selection of food as compared to the other weight loss surgeries. This means that you can loose and maintain a weight loss of up to 90% of your preoperative weight within 24 months of the procedure. You will also not be as limited in what you can eat as compared to the normal gastric bypass weight loss procedure. Without the worry of all the nasty side effects associated with a gastric bypass such as dumping syndrome and combined with all the benefits of the duodenal switch procedure, a patient can loose more weight faster and feel better in doing so. |
