DS vs. RNY - another surgeon's views

This is from the USC Division of Colorectal Surgery website: The distal gastric bypass with the duodenal switch is among a "new generation" of obesity surgeries. Dr. Anthone, Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Southern California School of Medicine, says this operation differs dramatically from the "stapling" procedures that were popular for years, and holds promise for appropriate candidates who have battled obesity all of their lives. Since 1992, he has performed hundreds of obesity operations at USC, which have utilized this particular gastric bypass technique. This website has a very cogent analysis and explanation of why Dr. Anthone has chosen the BPD/DS as his procedure of choice. If you want to educate yourself on this procedure, please read, starting on the following URL: http://www.surgery.usc.edu/divisions/cr/obesity.html.

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