Re: Re: Pray for s family/mini GB

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In a message dated 9/27/01 1:22:53 PM, duodenalswitch writes:

<< Dr Rutlege was been stopped from doing this surgery some time ago.

Unfortunately there are those who do it. And their patients continue

to have to be revised (to an RNY) to prevent the deadly bile reflux

it causes.

>>

OOOH, MARY: I didn't know this! How great! I remember looking at his

website (can't remember the exact addy) and it was all pro-mini-gastric

bypass and I remember some people on AMOS saying the got a mini-bypass but

this was about 6 months ago at least....

I wonder when he was stopped from doing the surgery b/c I know he was still

doing it when I looked into things (around Dec. 2000).

<<<<<As I understand it, one reason Dr R got into so much trouble is that

his claims about safety of the surgery were false. >>>>

I know - his site totally downplayed the possible risks of the bilirothII

connection, saying that it did not significantly increase gastric cancer,

etc. He had an entire section where he rebutted any criticism of the

procedure.

all the best,