Re: rny vs ds vs iliel bypass

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Illiel bypass? That is a new one on me.

There are some suregons that think the DS is too powerfull for light

weights - I totally disagree, and there are plenty that will do it on

any that meet the NIH criteria.

Find yourself an experienced suregon who is commited to the DS.

Experienced suregons in your are would include:

Dr. Lutzkowski in Michagin

Dr. Hess in Ohio

Dr. Maguire in Ohio

Dr. MacPherson in Michagin

Hull

> I have pancreatitis and was advised I would require a surgery with

a

> greater malabsorption than RNY. I went to see Dr. Buchwald in MN

and

> he suggested gastroplasty with an iliel bypass. What concerns me

is

> that he made the decision without checking into by current labs

> showing the lipid levels (caused pancreatitis). It is my

> understanding that the ilieal bypass is very drastic and I will not

> have that done. I stressed to him that I would prefer the DS but

he

> stated that he reserves that for his larger patients (I'm 5'3''

> 265). I left the office.

>

> Upon my return hime I contact several other surgeons in the Chicago

> area, trying to find one that did the DS. I spoke with a nurse at

> University of Chicago who was interested in my case and presented

it

> to the surgeon. He came back with the response that the RNY can be

> done with a shorter common channel and can therefore create the

same

> malabsorption as the DS.

>

> Now, I am really getting confused! I want the " normal " function of

> my stomach. I want to be able to drink with my meals. And, I want

> the long term weight management. I want the pancreatitis to

> subside. If the RNY can be classified as the " same " benifit of the

> DS, why is the DS still inexistence? Why do the doctors avoid the

> DS? Is it non-profit? I want to stick to my guns in getting the

DS,

> but what is my argument to have it if RNY, a more acceptable

surgery

> to insurance and a more promoted surgery by physician's, is

> supposedly creating the same results as DS? Please respond with

> facts that you may have found that support DS over the RNY for

> malabsorption.