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The Biliopancreatic Diversion with the Duodenal Switch: Results Beyond 10 Years

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The BPD/DS, if properly performed, has the best long-term weight loss of any bariatric operation. It is easy to reverse or revise, has the least marginal ulcers, cures the highest percentage of co-morbidities, has the least failures, and permits normal although smaller meals. It is our opinion that the BPD/DS should be considered as the gold standard bariatric operation.

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Hess, D.S., Hess, D.W. & Oakley, R.S. The Biliopancreatic Diversion with the Duodenal Switch: Results Beyond 10 Years. OBES SURG 15, 408–416 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1381/0960892053576695

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