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 ...

A new study has found that the Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch procedure reduces significantly more weight than other bariatric procedures but remains riskier, according to an Annals of ...

HealthDay News — A less-popular type of weight loss surgery might actually lead to more weight loss than gastric bypass — the currently favored form of obesity surgery. But, the trade-off seems to be ...

In the first large, single-institution series directly comparing weight-loss outcomes in super-obese patients, researchers from the University of Chicago found that a newer operation, the duodenal ...

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) produces excellent weight-loss results in the majority of obese patients, but seems to be less effective in the super-obese (those with a BMI ≥50 kg/m 2). Studies ...

This is, to our knowledge, the first study to demonstrate a large and sustained reduction in the symptoms of anxiety and depression after the duodenal switch procedure, and that these changes were ...