Question:
Does this type surgery even exist anymore?

One of my co-workers (Melinda) just asked me to find something out about a jejunostomy/jejunoileal (intestinal bypass). Off the top of my head and from my basic understanding, this procedure is *outdated*, and is no longer performed...I don't know ANYTHING about this without doing a search on the internet. Does anyone have anything to share on this procedure which was probably done some 20 or more years ago? I want to present the information (pro or con) to her in hand or let her know where to obtain it. Is there a website somewhere that I can refer to for her? I want to give her ACCURATE info is she is considering WLS and I know my *AMOS Family* has the REAL "hook-up"~~Thank you~~    — yourdivaness (posted on July 17, 2002)

July 17, 2002
YES the JIB is outdated. According to the ASBS it caused severe late complications including liver disease and death in some cases! =0 If you want to know more about it and why they don't do it anymore go to www.ASBS.org and click on the story of weight loss surgery. It tells about all the surgeries and even has diagrams. If you find a surgeon that still does this surgery: RUN!
   — ctyst

July 17, 2002
There are a few JIB's still alive. BUT they have major bone problems, severe anemia, liver problems, rickets, etc. Believe it or not, I think they still do them in Canada!
   — vitalady

July 17, 2002
I, too, can only find negative reports on the net about this old procedure. *However* at my recent nutritionist's class, she mentioned one person in the class was having the JIB, but that it was TEMPORARY and would be converted to some other form of BG (I presume RNY?) after so many months. I thought that sounded rather crazy, but I'm not a doctor, so I don't know. Ask you friend if the JIB would be a temporary/interim part of her treatment...if not, then I have to agree, find another doc.
   — Robin W.

July 17, 2002
Hi. My husband (20 years older than I) had a JIB in 1974. He did lose weight, but the effects of the surgery were so bad (constant diarrhea, abdominal distension, severe pain) that he was reconnected in 1979. He STILL suffers from after-effects of having had this surgery. He was hospitalized many, many times during those 5 years, and came to know a number of JIB bypassers during those stays (they were all kept on the same ward) and many are no longer with us. This was a terrible surgery, with serious, often fatal, long-term effects. JK, RN
   — Joya K.