Laparoscopic conversion of sleeve gastrectomy to a biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch or a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass due to weight loss failure: our algorithm

Oct 12, 2014Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery

Changing sleeve gastrectomy to two types of weight-loss surgery when it doesn't work: our step-by-step approach

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Abstract

The mean pre-surgery weight for patients undergoing biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (DS) was 143±36 kg.

  • Patients converted to DS had a mean body mass index (BMI) of 51.5±11 kg/m2 prior to surgery.
  • The average time between sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and conversion to DS was 27±18 months, while it was 36±17 months for Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB).
  • Operation times averaged 191±64 minutes for DS and 111±37 minutes for RYGB, with hospital stays of 4.3±2.4 days and 3.1±1.1 days, respectively.
  • Post-surgery, the DS group achieved a weight of 84±19 kg and a percentage of excess weight loss (%EWL) of 80±40%.
  • The RYGB group had a post-surgery weight of 81±21 kg and an %EWL of 65.5±34%.
  • Both procedures are feasible after SG failure, with DS potentially resulting in greater weight loss.

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