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How duodenal switch is effective for weight reduction? (2013-09-28)
Weight reduction by surgical means has become extremely popular lately. Its helps in improving your lifestyle in less time period and thus has been preferred a lot these days. Duodenal Switch Surgery is one of them. It is a successful weight loss surgical procedure that has emerged as a perfect alternative to traditional gastric bypass surgeries. In typical bypass surgeries, the stomach is divided and a small pouch is created forming a new stomach that is attached to the small intestine. Because of which a large portions of your stomach i.e. approximately 75% it is removed. The new stomach is about 25% of the original size allows the patient to eat smaller amounts of food and still feel full. The small intestine is readjusted so that the food traveling from the small stomach does not interact with the section that contains the digestive juices until much further down in the intestines. These are temporary surgeries that can be reduced or repaired since a large portion of your stomach is still intact in your body. However in case of Duodenal switch surgery it is permanent.
During Duodenal Switch surgery, about three-fourth of the stomach is removed and the stomach that is left resembles the shape of a banana which will hold between four to seven ounces of food at one time. This new and smaller stomach allows the patient to consume less food and the bypass feature keeps the food from being absorbed in the stomach. The combination of these two factors helps to sustain the bariatric surgery before and after the surgery is performed. Though Duodenal Switch surgery functions in the same as the other tradition gastric bypass surgeries except the difference that a portion of the stomach will be removed. The stomach nerves stay intact to ensure that the stomach will continue to function as it did in the past, but it will be much smaller in size.
There are several advantages by choosing Duodenal Switch surgery for weight loss. Since the original stomach is still the same, only much smaller, you can eat more varieties and textures of food which means that no limitation. It also helps in reducing the risks of developing stomach ulcers. This surgery is very successful for those patients that are very morbidly obese with a BMI index that is greater than 55%. There are disadvantages to this surgery as well. Some patients have reported experiencing chronic diarrhea and foul smelling bowel movements. Because this surgery is more complicated than other weight loss surgeries, thus is not recommended for patients that have heart conditions and sleep apnea. And, every surgery has the risks of blood clots, pneumonia, infections and postoperative bleeding. Though there are many different weight loss surgical options for patients to treat obesity but the Duodenal Switch procedure is proven to be the most effective. However, this surgery also has more complications than the other procedures. It is important to check with an insurance company to verify that they will approve this procedure.
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