Is biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch an approved procedure for the treatment of morbid obesity? If so, what are the indications, success rate, and morbidity rate? My major concern is that ...

A new study has found that the Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch procedure reduces significantly more weight than other bariatric procedures but remains riskier, according to an Annals of ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who had weight-loss surgery using the so-called duodenal switch technique lost more of their extra body weight and had better control of diabetes and high blood ...

Older patients and those who undergo a certain type of procedure known as duodenal switch have an increased number of complications following bariatric surgery, according to a study in the March issue ...