DS vs RNY

Did you see these:

http://www.dsfacts.com/Duodenal-Switch-Compared-to-Gastric-B ypass.html

http://www.dsfacts.com/NSAIDs-and-Ulcers-After-RNY.html

HTH,
Michele

Sweet! Added to my list. Thank you!

I suggest you check out the PubMed website:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
You can use it to search different surgery types, outcomes, etc. published in a variety of medical journals.  Good to have to cite to when/if you have to appeal.

Here are the references I used in my appeal up to the California Department of Managed Healthcare. (I won!)

1. Bariatric Surgery for Severe Obesity. National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference Draft Statement. NIH publication, No. 08-4006

2. Buchwald H, Avidor Y, Braunwald E, et al. Bariatric Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2004;292:1724-37.

3. Chart: Duodenal Switch versus Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery, principally based on Buchwald et al. meta-analysis. JAMA, 2004;292:1724-37

4. Hess, DS., et al. The Biliopancreatic Diversion with the Duodenal Switch: Results Beyond 10 years. Obesity Surgery, 2005 Mar; 15(3):408-16.

 5.  Anthone G., The Duodenal Switch Operation for the Treatment of Morbid Obesity. Annals of Surgery 2003; 238: 618-628.
 

6. Marceau, P., et al. Duodenal Switch: Long-Term Results. Obesity Surgery, 2007 Nov;17(11): 1421-30. 

7. Prachand V., et al. Duodenal Switch Provides Superior Weight Loss in the Super- Obese (BMI> 50 kg/m2) compared with Gastric Bypass. Annals of Surgery 2006; 244: 611-619.

8. Biertho, Laurent, et al. Is Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch Indicated for Patients with Body Mass Index < 50 kg/m2? (Abstract) Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 29 March 2010 from ScienceDirect.

9. Strain, Gladys Witt, et al. Comparison of Effects of Gastric Bypass and Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch on Weight Loss and Body Composition 1–2 years After Surgery. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, Volume 3, Issue 1, January-February 2007, Pages 31-36.

10. Prachand, VN, Ward, M, and Alverdy, JC. Duodenal Switch Provides Superior Resolution of Metabolic Comorbidities Independent of Weight Loss in the Super-Obese (BMI > or = 50 kg/m2) Compared with Gastric Bypass. Journal of Gastrointestional Surgery 2010 Feb; 14(2):211-20.

11. Skroubis, G., et al. Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass versus a variant of Biliopancreatic Diversion in a Non-Superobese Population: Prospective Comparison of the Efficacy and the Incident of Metabolic Deficiencies. Obesity Surgery, 2006 Apr; 16(4):488-95.

12. Rosen, Daniel J., et al. The Duodenal Switch Revisited. Bariatric Times, 2009 June, Surgical Perspective. Obesity Surgery, 200414, 861-865

13. Baltasar, A., et al. Duodenal Switch: an Effective Therapy for Morbid Obesity – Intermediate Results. Obesity Surgery, 2001 Feb; 11(1):54-8.

14. Rabkin, Robert A., The Duodenal Switch as an Increasing and Highly Effective Operation for Morbid Obesity. Obesity Surgery, 2004 Feb; 14: 861-65.

15. Shah, et. al. Review: Long-Term Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Body Weight, Comorbidities, and Nutritional Status. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 91(11):4223-4231.

Thank you everyone for the info.  I had my 4 month appt today.  I told the receptionist that I really wanted DS over RNY and she said that I had to contact my insurance company and find out if there is a stipulation with the insurance company that says that you have to have a BMI of at least 50.  Other then that she said that if it is covered by the insurance company, I may have to go back and see the nutritionist again.  To go over everthing for that surgery since we went over everything for RNY already.  Wish me luck I really really want DS.