Question:
MY SURGEON SAID HE WAS.BYPASSING 5 FEET OF INTESTINES....

CAN SOMEONE TELL ME IF THAT IS A PROXIMAL OR DISTAL RNY.    — Gale G. (posted on August 28, 2002)

August 27, 2002
Gale, sounds like a distal to me.
   — yourdivaness

August 28, 2002
150cm is normally considered medial...........
   — Jeff B.

August 28, 2002
proximal is between 100 and 150 cm. Over 150 is distal-guess medial is somewhere in between. Do the math-how many centimeters in a foot?
   — Cindy R.

August 28, 2002
5 feet is almost exactly 150 cm, so, you could call it either distal or medial, since each definition varies by surgeon, and there is no single universal standard.
   — Heather K.