Why the study?
Does duodenal switch surgery improve weight loss and cardiovascular risk factors compared to gastric bypass in patients with a BMI between 50 and 60 kg/m2?
Does duodenal switch surgery improve weight loss and cardiovascular risk factors compared to gastric bypass in patients with a BMI between 50 and 60 kg/m2?
In patients with severe obesity, duodenal switch resulted in greater weight loss and lipid reductions than gastric bypass at 2 years, but was associated with significantly more adverse events including malnutrition.
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Duodenal switch yields superior BMI reduction in severe obesity; extends RCT evidence while cautioning on higher adverse events including malnutrition.
Søvik et al. (2011) studied this question.
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