Guest guest Posted October 28, 2001 Report Share Posted October 28, 2001 In a message dated 10/28/01 7:11:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, duodenalswitch writes: << I think that the research that is needed for NIH to accept the DS as standard WLS is being done by some of the DS surgeons in the country. this was talked about at the last ASBS conference. The research is tough because no way to do random clinical trials. , Settle >> , I am not a scientist (science was my least favorite subject!) so I don't know the specifications of setting up research. But I do know that Dr. Hess stated insistently that they MUST keep in touch with patients after they have their surgery. They want to know if/when you move, your new address, etc., and to see your stats through the years. I think this is very important to Dr. Hess to prove to the world the long-term results of the DS. He has been keeping records since he started doing this back in 1988 or 1989. I think I read somewhere that he was getting ready to write up another study since the one he wrote up in 1998 (I think). And I know other DS surgeons also do the same, keeping in touch with patients. From what I have seen on line, RNY surgeons Do Not keep in touch - guess they don't care about the long-term effects of the surgery they are doing, since it could tarnish the gold standard of the surgery they do all day long to get rich. Anyway, I am glad that the DS surgeons are intelligent enough to keep these records and I hope that they all decide to publish them in medical journals so the word can get out to the medical community about the superiority of the DS over the RNY and insurance companies can stop using the " investigational " terminology to deny paying for it. Maybe we can each and everyone of us tell the surgeons how very important this is. Maybe we can do a petition here, each sign it, and each send a copy to our respective surgeons? Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2001 Report Share Posted October 28, 2001 A petition assumes that we are moving against resistance. I am not assuming that any DS surgeon disagrees with us. It might be more productive for each surgeon to be asked what we as post op DS-ers can do to promote the research that is needed to change the DS to standard procedure. I think the problem is that much of the relevant NIH decision making is in the hands of RNY surgeons who are clueless. , Seattle > In a message dated 10/28/01 7:11:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, > duodenalswitch@y... writes: > > << I think that the research that is needed for NIH to accept the DS as > standard WLS is being done by some of the DS surgeons in the country. > this was talked about at the last ASBS conference. > > The research is tough because no way to do random clinical trials. > > , Settle >> > > , > I am not a scientist (science was my least favorite subject!) so I don't know > the specifications of setting up research. But I do know that Dr. Hess > stated insistently that they MUST keep in touch with patients after they have > their surgery. They want to know if/when you move, your new address, etc., > and to see your stats through the years. I think this is very important to > Dr. Hess to prove to the world the long-term results of the DS. He has been Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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