Question:
I'm having the distal RNY. Do they remove the excess intestine or leave it in there?

   — hayesvj (posted on May 14, 2001)

May 14, 2001
They bypass not remove the intestines.
   — Helen C.

May 14, 2001
Dr Oh is one of my doc's too. He actually is quite dear once you get past that initial distance thing. They never TAKE OUT a hunk of intestine, unless it is diseased in some way. They just reroute things. I am extremely distal, more than they do today. I'm delighted.
   — vitalady

May 15, 2001
They bypass a long or short stretch of intestine. This portion bypassed is still connected to the 'old' stomach but no nourishment is pulled out in this stretch because no nournishment passes through. The only thing passing through it is gastric juices which are still being produced in the 'old' stomach. This acid meets the food you've eaten at the 'Y' in the intestine where the other portion of the intestine that is connected to the new pouch meets the bypassed intestine (thus the Y in the RNY). If they bypass a little bit of intestine, the "Y" is near the stomach, if they bypass a lot of intestine, the "Y" is way on down the line.
   — Cindy H.