New Gastric Sleeve Recommendations Offer Best Practices for Surgeons gwhqadmin June 29, 2012 Breaking WLS News A new consensus statement on best practices for gastric sleeve surgery aims to foster standardization and improve safety for the popular weight loss surgery procedure.
Understanding the Duodenal Switch gwhqadmin March 2, 2009 Duodenal Switch 2 Comments The Duodenal Switch (DS) is a combination weight loss surgery procedure that is both restrictive and malabsorptive. With the duodenal switch, the size of your stomach is reduced by about 70%, and part of the intestine is also switched around to change how food is digested and limit calorie absorption. This helpful article offers a primer on the duodenal switch, including the advantages and disadvantages of this innovative bariatric procedure.
