Duodenal Switch Surgery

The duodenal switch surgery is the most successful and effective form of surgery especially for severely obese individuals. It promotes a substantial weight loss and assist in weight management time to time. Duodenal switch surgery is also known as vertical gastrectomy with duodenal switch and biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch or BPD-DS. Life after duodenal switch involves adequate vitamin and nutritional supplementation with lots of other lifestyle changes.

The benefit of duodenal switch is that it involves combination of restrictive and malabsorption component which aids in food intake and calorie absorption. The procedure provides significant weight loss with least risks and complications. This surgical procedure involves reducing the size of the stomach creating a banana-shaped pouch that limits the amount of food intake and time to nutrient absorption. The surgery is least risky; however, patient may have nutritional deficiency. Therefore, life after duodenal switch must include strict diet plan as recommended by the surgeons.

Though duodenal switch surgery does not pose so much restriction on food as compared to other weight loss surgery but one should completely avoid food fatty foods as it may leads to diarrhea and gas. It takes about four to five weeks to get recovered from duodenal switch surgery. After surgery, consume only liquid and pureed foods for few weeks. After that, you can start following sold foods. Avoid eating carbonated foods because it adds calorie and does not have any nutritional value.

Most of the weight loss occurs during the period of first 12 to 18 months after surgery. Patient can lose up to 70 to 80% of their excess weight in respect to current weight. Life after duodenal switch is quite smooth. You will easily recover from the surgery and notice sufficient weight loss in yourself by following proper post-surgical guidelines. Not only this, you will find a remarkable improvement in type-2 diabetes, sleep apnea, hypertension and hyperlipidemia. The surgery involves least risks and there is no chance of dumping syndrome after surgery as pyloric valve remains intact.