Duo switch v Biliopancreatic Diversion

[Guest guest]

G'day

I am hoping that someone with a better grasp of medical procedures can help me out.

I was finally ready to make an appointment with the surgeon when I contacted a former patient for a reference on the surgeon and the operation's success for them.

This former patient says that the Duodenal switch and the Biliopancreatic Diversion are two different operations. I have consulted my notes I have collected from various sources and the accompanying diagrams and they look very similar to me.

Would there be someone with a better grasp of medical procedures who can explain the differences to me and any other relevant information that I might need or a least questions that maybe I should ask?

from Australia

[Guest guest]

:

I'm certainly not a medical professional but as I understand it, the bileopancreatic diversion is a part of the DS. The surgery is often referred to as BPD with duodenal switch. There is a pretty good section of the web site www.duodenalswitch.com which explains the surgery.

Regards.

Joe Frost, old gentleman, not old fartSan , TX, 60 years oldDr. Welker 340 starting weight, currently 260http://www.duodenalswitch.com/Patients/Joe/joe.html

Duo switch v Biliopancreatic Diversion

G'day

I am hoping that someone with a better grasp of medical procedures can help me out.

I was finally ready to make an appointment with the surgeon when I contacted a former patient for a reference on the surgeon and the operation's success for them.

This former patient says that the Duodenal switch and the Biliopancreatic Diversion are two different operations. I have consulted my notes I have collected from various sources and the accompanying diagrams and they look very similar to me.

Would there be someone with a better grasp of medical procedures who can explain the differences to me and any other relevant information that I might need or a least questions that maybe I should ask?

from Australia----------------------------------------------------------------------

[Guest guest]

:

I'm certainly not a medical professional but as I understand it, the bileopancreatic diversion is a part of the DS. The surgery is often referred to as BPD with duodenal switch. There is a pretty good section of the web site www.duodenalswitch.com which explains the surgery.

Regards.

Joe Frost, old gentleman, not old fartSan , TX, 60 years oldDr. Welker 340 starting weight, currently 260http://www.duodenalswitch.com/Patients/Joe/joe.html

Duo switch v Biliopancreatic Diversion

G'day

I am hoping that someone with a better grasp of medical procedures can help me out.

I was finally ready to make an appointment with the surgeon when I contacted a former patient for a reference on the surgeon and the operation's success for them.

This former patient says that the Duodenal switch and the Biliopancreatic Diversion are two different operations. I have consulted my notes I have collected from various sources and the accompanying diagrams and they look very similar to me.

Would there be someone with a better grasp of medical procedures who can explain the differences to me and any other relevant information that I might need or a least questions that maybe I should ask?

from Australia----------------------------------------------------------------------