Duodenal Switch = better weight loss + more adverse events?

Interesting....Eliminating the D/S as an option would be a crime. Not for every one, but let me make the choice for myself.

let me make the choice for myself

Absolutely!

 Wow!!! It is truly interesting just how ignorant a highly educated person can be.

YES!!!!!! This proves it!!! You can be educated and still be ignorant!!!!!!!

It is really scary that this is the kind of crap that scares people away from life saving surgery!!!!!

Whats even scarier is that this gets published and the main stream media believes every freakin' word of it!

"This is an operation that should probably go away," said Dr. Edward H. Livingston, a professor and surgeon at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

That ... seems excessive.

No way the study went long enough if only 1 person needed iron infusions! Look at all the RNYers who need them I don't know about the average DSer.

He sounds pretty anti WLS. I guarantee I'd be a lot sicker if I hadn't lost 100 pounds. You can't really quantify NOT getting diabetes.

I know your medical condition sucks post op Beth and you may not be as much of a minority as we thought, but I think this guy sounds like a quack too

 I noticed --- he said he wants no more DS'es DONE.  

Probably because he can't do them.

 

Edward Livingston, MD

Professor

Specialties:Bariatrics; Surgery

Clinical Interests:Appendectomy; Cholecystectomy; Gallbladder Removal; Hernia.

Research Interests:Appendicitis; Bariatrics; Imaging; Surgical Outcomes.

Publications:View Publications

 we all knew you can be a doctor AND a pudding head.

Truer words were never spoken.