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DS/BPD - duodenalswitch |
The most powerful weight
loss surgery available, the DS/BPD is a combination of a long limb
intestinal bypass called a BPD (bileopancreatic diversion) with a specific
type of stomach stapling called a "sleeve gastrectomy" which
removes 75 - 90 percent of the stomach but leaves the structure in tact as
far as the lower stomach valve. DS patients can digest some vitamins
and do not have stoma blockage.
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