Guest guest Posted September 19, 2002 Report Share Posted September 19, 2002 There is a great webpage that actually shows diagrams of the differences... https://secure.contactdesigns.net/cgi-bin/ bariatricsupplementsystem.com/bariatricsupplementsystem.cgi/ bariatric_surgical.html?id=Fwi87xjH Terri Open RNY 11-30-00 Pacific Bariatric 135 lbs lost Distal - 130cc bypassed On Thursday, September 19, 2002, at 12:26 PM, miche333 wrote: > What do Distal and Proximal mean? I never heard of it in reference > to my surgery (Lap RNY). > > Also, why do some people have additional intestine bypassed at > a " redo " ? > > > > > Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG > > Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2002 Report Share Posted September 20, 2002 For an explanation of the difference between proximal, medial and distal procedures with diagrams showing the differences, go to the Bariatric Surgical Procedures section at http://www.bariatricsupplementsystem.com Ray Hooks For WLS nutrition info, visit http://www.bariatricsupplementsystem.com miche333 wrote: > > What do Distal and Proximal mean? I never heard of it in reference > to my surgery (Lap RNY). > > Also, why do some people have additional intestine bypassed at > a " redo " ? > > > > Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG > > Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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