Question:
What is the difference between distal and proximal RNY and why choose one over th oth

   — Lezli M. (posted on May 3, 2002)

May 3, 2002
Your surgeon will most likely be the one making the decison between proximal and distal. It all depends on your BMI. Here's an easy way to remember them: distal is more by-passed intestine, proximal is less. Distal, like distance...proximal like proximity. The higher your BMI, the more intestine likely be by-passed to promote greater weight loss.
   — LaRayne H.

May 3, 2002
Might I politely suggest that you visit this website's library and peruse the excessively large numbers of questions and answers that have been posted on this very same subject?
   — merri B.