Q.For my age, size, and procedure, what complications have your patients experienced?Ī.There are no standard complications. Q.How do you decide the length of the common channel? *Side Note - I'm scheduled for surgery at 7:15 and his next surgery is scheduled for 11:15 - not that that really means anything. It can be 3-4 hours up to 6 hours, but it rarely ever takes 6 hours. Q.Will the gastric bypass be "undone" and a standard DS performed?Ī.Yes, we will put everything back to how it was before Gastric Bypass and then perform the DS.Ī.It depends on the individual and what things look like on the inside. Below are the questions I asked and the answers I received: He also suggested I view the DS procedure video on their website. I asked if he could draw pictures and he did. I just got home from my appointment with my surgeon. Which may be why DianaCox asked that you make very sure he's doing the DS and not just distal RNY, which would be much simpler and faster, but which has not been shown to provide significant additional weight loss. It's a big operation, and unless your surgeon has a lot of experience with it, it may take longer than 2.5 hours. Regarding does the surgeon undo the old RNY - if he's doing a revision to DS, yes, it's a big operation that requires totally undoing the old RNY, restoring everything to the original anatomy, and then doing the DS. So it's important that you ask your surgeon very specifically whether he's doing the true, standard of care DS or not, and if you aren't happy with the answer, find another surgeon. On other websites, I've seen some people happy with it, others with dismal results, some wishing they could sue their surgeons because they feel they were misled. The long term results of this version are not known. However, there are some surgeons doing a different, experimental version with only one anastomosis and calling it the DS, or, if more honest, calling it SADI or SIPS or loop DS or some other name. A real, standard of care DS has 2 of them. My surgery will be done laporoscopically (I’m sure I’m spelling that wrong).Īn anastomosis is a connection of one part of the intestine to another. They say it will take 2-2.5 hours and I’ll be in the hospital for two nights barring any complications. There’s not a lot of information on the Internet about this type of revision and what I did read seems to conflict with what my surgeon’s office says. Does anyone know what the “average” weight loss is with a revision like this? My surgeon said 55%-60% of excess weight loss. What does that mean? Will my surgeon undo my original surgery and then do the DS? I’m also having a hiatal hernia repaired and my gallbladder removed - which I assume is a proactive move since I don’t have any current issues with my gallbladder. I’ve noticed some lingo about 2 anastomoses (I’m sure I spelled that wrong). I meet with my surgeon tomorrow and I was wondering if anyone had any advice on questions to ask. What to Expect with Revision Bariatric SurgeryI am scheduled to have RNY to DS revision surgery on. ![]()
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