ABSTRACT

FOOD
MALABSORPTION
& WEIGHT LOSS
SURGERY
June , 2014

Thr r tw dtntl dffrnt wght l

urgl mthd, fd rtrtn nd fd
mlbrtn. In th rtl w wll du th
vru tn rltd t th Fd
Mlbrtn mthd f wght l urgr.
Fd mlbrtn nvlv th r f
ltrng th bd' dgtn whh wll rult n
td wght l.

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Wght l urgr r vr ulr td. Hwvr, thr r vrl
tn t ndr bfr hng whh urgr rght fr u. I hghl
uggt hvng vrl n dth nvrtn wth ur dtr bfr
ddng n f urgl rdur. Thr r tw dtntl dffrnt
wght l urgl mthd, fd rtrtn nd fd mlbrtn. In
th rtl w wll du th vru tn rltd t th Fd
Mlbrtn mthd f wght l urgr. Fd mlbrtn nvlv
th r f ltrng th bd' dgtn whh wll rult n td wght
l.

Fd Mlbrtn Wght L Surgr:

Th fd mlbrtn wght l urgr nt f rrutng th mll
nttn th fd bd nd thu nt brbd b th bd. Th
hrtr dgtv trk wll rult n l lr bng brbd.
Thr r thr mn t f Fd Mlbrtn wght l urgr:
1) Brtr Surgr - Th mthd nlud blnrt dvrn r th
Snr rdur. Prblm wth mlnurhmnt hv ud th t
f urgr t b l rdmnnt. Th mn bnft f th urgr tm
frm th ft tht tnt n t mltl unbtrutd dt. Th
urgr hvd b tkng rt f th mll nttn nd nntng t
t tw dffrnt nt, hrtnng th th f fd.
2) Blnrt Dvrn wth Dudnl Swth - Al knwn BPD/DS.
Th nlud th ddtnl rmvl f rund vnt rnt f th
tmh lng th grtr urv. Th mn dvntg f th tn th
ubtntl b f lr brtn nd mllr tmh r whh
whn mbnd rult n mv wght l.

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3) Rux-n-Y Gtr B - Th th mt mmn gtr b

mthd. It th lt lkl t rult n mlnutrtn nd th mt
mmnl rfrmd brtr urgr n th Untd Stt. Th mthd
nvlv th rrrngmnt f nttn nt Y nfgurtn whr th
fd flw drtl frm th tmh t th mll bwl thu lmtng th
munt f fd tht brbd. Ptnt ftn mmdtl hv th
ntn f bng full hrtl ftr th trt f n tkng fd.
Thr r vrl vrtn f th fd mlbrtn mthd ltd
bv. Eh f th tn h vr f ur whh huld b
tkn nt ndrtn n r-tnt b. Th gtr b urgr
tlf n b dn wth Rux-n-Y (rxml), Rux-n-Y (dtl) r l
b r Mn-gtr mthd. Eh hv bn nrl rftd n th mn
r n th rdur hv bn ntll ntrdud t th ubl.

Cmltn:
Thr r m mltn tht nd t b tkn nt ndrtn
bfr hng t undrg n f th urgr. Th mltn
nlud th rk f nftn, hmrrhg, hrn, bwl btrutn,
lkg, trtur, ulr, dumng ndrm, nutrtnl dfn, nd
vn mrtlt. Wghng th tn uld b n dn fr mn
wh' lf m lrd b n dngr frm mrbd bt. Nu r
vmtng m b ndrd mll r t fr mn wh
drtl lkng fr w t l wght. All th mltn mut b
ndrd ndvdull. A tnt m gt luk nd nvr uffr frm n
f th d fft f th urgr, hwvr th l uld hv n
mbntn f th mltn. Ddng f t' wrth t t u n f
th mt mrtnt dn u m vr mk.

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Th dn:
Mkng th dn t t unhlth fd nd/r n unhlth munt f
fd r mll h tht hn multl tm h d. Pl wh
bm b hv rutn tht wr rtd vr mn r f r
dl fd ntk dn. It mut b ntd tht mkng n xtrml
lrg dn t undrg mr urgr wll nt mk u fr th thund
f r mll h n ndvdul h md thrughut th ur f thr
lf. Th dn t undrg gtr b urgr huld b lkd t
th frt f mn gd lftl ltrng dn tht u r gng t
mk. It huld b n lndmrk tm n ur lf tht wll rult n
nw bgnnng. If th tnt lkng fr quk lutn, gtr b
urgr huld nt b dn.

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