Guest guest Posted April 24, 2001 Report Share Posted April 24, 2001 Hi Jerry-- I just happened to be seeing my PMD today and asked him about the potential for liver problems with the DS-- I sent him everything I had printed out about the proceedure Dr. Anthone at USC does so he could review it for me. He said as long as the gall bladder is removed and the common bile duct is okay and empties into the limb of the intestine where it grew, there should not be any furture liver problems. I remember reading about a high incidence of gall stones post WLS of both kinds, so most MDs are removing them at the time of the switch, I believe. Dr. Anthone does take the gall baldder for that very reason, and he takes the appendix as well, just in case any of his patients present with abdominal pain, he doesn't want any confusion about appendix vs. intestinal problem. You gotta figure, most of us large folks eventually end up with gall stones from high fat diets, so getting the thing out pre=problem is no big deal. As I recall, there were a ton of folks who suddenly had gall stones after loosing a lot of weight on optifast as well. -- Nan E.-- pre op and pre approval. --- Jerry Cook terjer1976@...> wrote: I have come > across some information > about there being a question of future liver problems > with DS. Has anyone > experienced such problems or know of anyone who has? > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2001 Report Share Posted April 24, 2001 Hi Jerry-- I just happened to be seeing my PMD today and asked him about the potential for liver problems with the DS-- I sent him everything I had printed out about the proceedure Dr. Anthone at USC does so he could review it for me. He said as long as the gall bladder is removed and the common bile duct is okay and empties into the limb of the intestine where it grew, there should not be any furture liver problems. I remember reading about a high incidence of gall stones post WLS of both kinds, so most MDs are removing them at the time of the switch, I believe. Dr. Anthone does take the gall baldder for that very reason, and he takes the appendix as well, just in case any of his patients present with abdominal pain, he doesn't want any confusion about appendix vs. intestinal problem. You gotta figure, most of us large folks eventually end up with gall stones from high fat diets, so getting the thing out pre=problem is no big deal. As I recall, there were a ton of folks who suddenly had gall stones after loosing a lot of weight on optifast as well. -- Nan E.-- pre op and pre approval. --- Jerry Cook terjer1976@...> wrote: I have come > across some information > about there being a question of future liver problems > with DS. Has anyone > experienced such problems or know of anyone who has? > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2001 Report Share Posted April 24, 2001 Dear Nan, I have read that the DS has a 15 year success rate...I sure wish we could find a few of those 10 to 15 years out and check on their health. Sure would make this decision alot easier. Everyone here seems to be about 2 to 3 years out. Thanks for the info. Jerry > >Reply-To: duodenalswitch >To: duodenalswitch >Subject: Re: ds and liver problems >Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 23:17:24 -0700 (PDT) > >Hi Jerry-- I just happened to be seeing my PMD today and >asked him about the potential for liver problems with the >DS-- I sent him everything I had printed out about the >proceedure Dr. Anthone at USC does so he could review it >for me. He said as long as the gall bladder is removed and >the common bile duct is okay and empties into the limb of >the intestine where it grew, there should not be any >furture liver problems. I remember reading about a high >incidence of gall stones post WLS of both kinds, so most >MDs are removing them at the time of the switch, I believe. >Dr. Anthone does take the gall baldder for that very >reason, and he takes the appendix as well, just in case any >of his patients present with abdominal pain, he doesn't >want any confusion about appendix vs. intestinal problem. >You gotta figure, most of us large folks eventually end up >with gall stones from high fat diets, so getting the thing >out pre=problem is no big deal. As I recall, there were a >ton of folks who suddenly had gall stones after loosing a >lot of weight on optifast as well. -- Nan E.-- pre op and >pre approval. >--- Jerry Cook terjer1976@...> wrote: >I have come > > across some information > > about there being a question of future liver problems > > with DS. Has anyone > > experienced such problems or know of anyone who has? > > > > >__________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2001 Report Share Posted April 24, 2001 Jerry, You might try contacting Dr. Hess' office since a lot of those longterm patients might be his. The DS portion of the surgery does not bypass the plylorus and duodenum thus absorping more nutrients. I can't see how the DS would affect the liver more negatively than the BPD alone. We have some longterm BPD patients on our list. Good luck and let us know what you find out. Thanks, Lap LG/DS 1/23/01 Dr > >I have come > > > across some information > > > about there being a question of future liver problems > > > with DS. Has anyone > > > experienced such problems or know of anyone who has? > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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