Metabolic changes after morbid obesity surgery using the duodenal switch technique. Long term follow-up.

CONCLUSIONS: DS is a safe and effective technique for the treatment of morbid obesity, with good weight loss results, a high percentage of remission of the comorbidities, a similar morbidity and mortality to other techniques, and with correctable nutritional changes, and thus acceptable.
PMID: 22177717 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher] (Source: Cirugia eEspanola)