I'm one of those people who likes to read all the different forums to see what is new and what is going on with people and their procedures.  I am also having a revision surgery next month to the RNY.  My previous surgery was the mini-gastric bypass( I know most people never heard of it).  I wish I knew about this forum 7 1/2 years ago before I underwent the mini gastric bypass.  Too make a long story short I don't see a lot of posting and interaction on this forum.  On the left hand side I do not see where you can read exactly what the surgery entails.  I'm wondering if I should ask for the Fobi pouch as an alternative to a straight RNY.  Well, hope to hear something back from those of you who had the procedure.

The Fobi pouch is a traditional RNY that uses sewing instead of staples and uses a silastic ring placed around the pouch to prevent pouch / stoma stretching over time. It also has a few other modifications to reduce risks and complications down the road. nothing major there, just little things he does that make sense for this operation. I uploaded an mp3 radio interview i have of him you can play on Windows Media Player. Its in a Zip folder: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R359ZWOJ Hope this helps. Any other questions, feel free to ask.

I was going to have the DS done, I have not heard of the Fobi Pouch,  is there a sight I can find out more information?   I have been cought by the change in medicare I think I meet all the requirments.  Now I find out my Dr. is retiring so I am going to have to find a new Dr.  I hope in Houston ro in Tyler or Longview in East Texas.  Thanks for any help.

Hi I am in the process of scheduling my WLS and wanted to know the difference between the Banded RNY vs. the Fobi Pouch,    .  Does anyone have any statistics on their success as compare to the plain RNY?

I'm new to the Fobi Board, but not new to OH.  I was originally slated to have RNY with another surgeon in my area, but had issues with the practice and found a new surgeon. Dr. Pirrello is awesome! When I saw he offered the Fobi, I wasn't sure what it was or did. After some research and some discussion with Dr. P, I decided to go Fobi. Call me silly, but I really didn't think about looking for a Fobi Board on OH. I've got friends on the RNY board and the Fobi isn't really that much different, is it? Anyway, I'm at the "waiting to submit to insurance" stage, where the surgeon has all the papers and I have to wait... and wait... and wait.... *sigh* I look forward to making some new friends here. If anyone is in my neck of the woods, give me a shout. Maybe we can meet up for some fun. Cy