Duodenal Switch Americas

You will find 2 bariatric procedures associated with duodenal switch surgery: Restricted and Malabsorptive. Decreasing the dimensions of the belly is roofed within the restricted element, eliminating some part of the actual stomach with the surgical procedure.

Gastric banding means that a band will be put into your stomach that will restrict its capacity to take in a lot of food. It is a very popular way of losing weight and can be performed laparoscopically which basically means that the surgeon will make small incisions instead of a large one. Gastric band surgery helps to lose weight by restricting the upper part of your stomach so you feel full by eating a lot less, and though you will eat less you´ll lose weight but will not feel hungry. The gastric band can be adjustable so it allows your surgeon to change the tightness of it. It is reversible as well, so when you are done with the dieting, you just have it removed.

Gastric bypass is performed for various reasons like morbid obesity, hypertension, and type II diabetes mellitus. The other medical conditions for which gastric bypass surgery is recommended are coronary heart disease and obstructive sleep apnea. However, this surgical procedure is mainly performed to help in weight loss. This consequently improves health of patients suffering from coronary artery disease and other medical conditions resulting from morbid obesity.

Procedures availableGastric SleeveGastric BypassDuodenal SwitchLap bandRevision SurgeriesSingle incision sleeve

There are not many bariatric surgeons qualified and  specialized in performing the Duodenal Switch bariatric weight loss surgery. Duodenal Switch's (DS) complexity is due to the important malabsorptive and metabolic aspects of the procedure which is accomplished through the intestinal bypass effect that the process implies. As a consequence of this procedure, Duodenal Switch  patients eat in a relatively normal  way meanwhile achieving weight loss thru the malabsorbic aspect.  Another Duodenal Switch (DS) aliases are: Vertical Gastrectomy with Duodenal Switch, Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch (BPD-DS), Gastric Reduction Duodenal Switch (GR-DS). How does the Duodenal Switch work? DS results in weight loss through any of these processes: Limiting the amount of food intake by reducing the stomach's size, cutting away its left side in an up-and-down motion, with the remaining pouch reduced into a long, slender tube. Rerouting the small intestine involves a metabolic effect happening after a modification in the intestinal hormones' behavior, limiting the amount of calories absorbed by the body. These two parts of the Duodenal Switch (DS) are not reversible, and the patient's stomach size ends up at 3 to 4 oz (90 to 1200cc) aprox. in size. And we analize these two parts in detail. Restrictive aspect: This part of the process is virtually considered a Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy*. Patients that have been through Duodenal Switch will experience food restriction rates that will change over time within a process called 'pouch maturation', reached about 9 to 12 months after DS surgery. At first stance, the patient's stomach seems small, and it's the starting point for weight loss. Then the stomach will stretch out gradually until reaching a food intake about half or two-thirds the amount of food they would eat prior to surgery. 

There is a new alternative for patients who constantly fail at weight loss. Those who have been through diets, pills, surgery, exercise and just aren't able to achieve desired weight loss or keep gaining back whatever excess weight they had gotten rid of, have now a new alternative able to kick-start their transition not only towards weight loss but to a new, different lifestyle while acquiring healthier eating habits. The Obalon Balloon weight loss treatment (an improved, faster method derived from the intragastric balloon system) is a short length method for those who have failed at any of the previously mentioned attempts at weight loss or just feel fearful about undergoing any kind of surgery. This safe procedure will depend -in the long run, though- on the patient's discipline at eating only the healthiest food possible. Patients looking forward to try the Obalon Balloon treatment have advantages like losing weight through a non-surgical procedure lasting no more than 15 minutes, without the need to be sedated, leaving not even the surgery room but rather the doctor's office during the same day the balloon is placed; and this process -unlike most weight loss surgical procedures- is reversible. This is how the Obalon Balloon system works... We know by now what the patient will not go through with this method. Now it is time to know what he/she has to undergo... 1. Patient swallows a capsule (helped by drinking a glass of water as with most pills) with a deflated balloon inside it.2. The balloon inside the capsule is already attached (that is before swallowing) to a slim catheter tube to inflate the balloon with gas once it is placed inside the upper stomach (and after being checked by x-ray to ensure proper placement).3. Once the balloon is inflated, the tube detaches from the capsule being removed quickly orally. This procedure takes no longer than 15 minutes. What balloons