People who had weight-loss surgery using the so-called duodenal switch technique lost more of their extra body weight and had better control of diabetes and high blood pressure than those who had a ...

Is biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch an approved procedure for the treatment of morbid obesity? If so, what are the indications, success rate, and morbidity rate? My major concern is that ...

The bariatric surgical procedure biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch resulted in more weight loss and better improvement in blood lipids and glucose five years after surgery compared with ...

A less usual and common type of obesity surgery may spur more weight loss than its far more popular cousin, gastric bypass - but at the price of greater long-term risks, researchers reported. The ...

Patients who underwent biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch surgery lost more weight, experienced greater decreases in total and LDL cholesterol and had better body composition when compared ...

Vannette Olvera struggled with her weight her whole life — that is, until two years ago. In August 2023, the 33-year-old Clark County resident underwent duodenal switch surgery at PeaceHealth ...

Morbidly obese patients who underwent duodenal switch experienced more early complications but superior weight loss and comorbidity control compared with patients receiving gastric bypass in a recent ...

A study comparing bariatric surgical procedures for obesity suggests that even though undergoing the less commonly used biliopancreatic diversion/duodenal switch (DS) may be associated with higher ...

Background: Patients with morbid obesity have an increased risk for anxiety and depression. The "duodenal switch" is perhaps the most effective obesity surgery procedure for inducing weight loss.