Not Signed In - For Super-obese Patients, Duodenal Switch Beats Gastric Bypass
Fri, 22 Sep 2006 03:00 AM EST
... Researchers report that a newer operation, the duodenal switch, produced substantially better weight loss in super-obese patients (BMI greater than 50) than gastric bypass, the standard operation. Three years after surgery, 84 percent of duodenal switch patients had lost more than half of their excess weight, compared to 60 percent of those treated with gastric bypass. ...
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