Biliopancreatic Diversion Surgery

This type of surgery was designed for severe obesity cases. It restricts both food intake and the amount of calories the body absorbs.

Most fat and carbohydrates pass through the body without being absorbed. In this procedure there is reduced absorption and less restriction. The patient will be able to eat regular amounts of food while fats and sugars are not absorbed by the intestine, to achieve weight reduction.

The stomach is segmented from the upper-outside curve to the lower-inside curve, and in the initial tract of the small intestine. The left-over portion is completely removed. Due to this fact, the surgery cannot be reversed after operation.

The remaining pouch is hermetically sealed to create a new and smaller gastric chamber.

In conclusion, the new gastric pouch is connected directly to the final segment of the small intestine. Bile and pancreatic juices are also diverted to enter further down towards the middle or end of the small intestine.

This creates a significant reduced-absorptive component that maintains long-term weight loss.

Finally, the new gastric pouch is connected directly to the final segment of the small intestine. Bile and pancreatic juices are also diverted to enter the intestine lower down, closer to middle or end of the small intestine.

This creates a significant malabsorptive component which acts to maintain weight loss long term.