Gastric bypass procedures have largely been very effective in achieving sustained weight loss. ... and the biliopancreatic limb acts to divert bile from the contents of the alimentary canal; ...

To account for inter-individual differences, as outlined above, we decided to place the duodeno-jejunostomy after 1/3 of small bowel length, bypassing an average of 236 cm in performing a DJOS ...

At 2 years, diabetes remission had occurred in no patients in the medical-therapy group versus 75% in the gastric-bypass group and 95% in the biliopancreatic-diversion group (P<0.001 for both ...

Gastric bypass surgery involves leaving the stomach as a small pouch. ... That surgery is called a biliopancreatic diversion with a duodenal switch. What Happens Before Weight Loss Surgery?

There’s also a “biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch gastric bypass,” which is a very complicated way of saying that you do a sleeve gastrectomy, but then also hook up the new ...

Following gastric bypass surgery, many patients will still need metformin or glipizide (Glucotrol). Is there any evidence that one class of oral antidiabetic agents is better absorbed than another ...

While it is generally well-accepted that gastric bypass surgery can lead to deficiency states of certain core nutrients, such as vitamin B 12, folate, iron, and calcium, it has also been ...