Weight Loss with DS

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From Rabkin's website:

" WEIGHT LOSS RESULTS:

We have performed over 800 duodenal switch surgeries (including open and

laparoscopic procedures), with the following weight loss results so far:

Average weight lost at 3 months postoperatively was 54.3 pounds.

Average excess weight loss at 3 months is 14%.

Average excess weight loss at 6 months is 43%.

Average excess weight loss at 24 months is 78%. "

From Dr. Baltasar's website:

" WEIGHT REGAIN

BPD/DS patients may lose weight for 16 to 18 months. The lowest weight the

patients reaches it is called the nadir. Once the patient reaches the nadir

of their weight there is always the chance that a particular patient may

regain weight, but without any doubt this is the operation with the lowest

weight regain!.

Surgeons who have been doing this surgery for 12-14 years state that the

mean weight regain is about 4-5 Kg = 10 lbs. A patient who has lived a

lifetime with the terror of weight gain, it may call their doctors even, if

the weight regain is less than 2 lbs. This is understandable. So far, in my

experience, no DS patient has required surgical revision due to weight gain.

The phenomenon of weight regain and reoperation was very common with the

VBG. "

So, 14 lbs. is not a likely amount to regain - it is more like a hint over

10 lbs. and then after many years, not a couple like this lady claims.

Sorry, the stats just aren't with you.

Best-

Nick in Sage