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Laparoscopic biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch: technique and initial experience
1Virgen de los Lirios Hospital, Alcoy, Alicante, Spain. abaltasar@seco.org
Obesity Surgery
|April 27, 2002
Abstract
Background:
The duodenal Switch (DS) is a variant of the biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) for the surgical treatment of morbid obesity.
Materials And Methods:
The laparoscopic DS (LapDS) operation is described, and the early surgical outcomes of 16 patients are reported.
Results:
Postoperative stay was 5 to 8 days. Local wound infection at a trocar site was the most common local complication.
Conclusion:
LapDS is an advanced, complex and feasible technique in bariatric surgery.