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Sleeve surgery possible after BPD Surgery
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Can sleeve surgery be performed after Biliary Pancreatic Diversion (BPD) Surgery which was undertaken over 13 years ago? Weight has gone back on. Thankyou. -
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Dr Jason Wong
Bariatric (Obesity) Surgeon, General Surgeon, Laparoscopic Surgeon, Upper GI Surgeon (Abdominal)
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It would first be important to know exactly how your surgery has been performed, and what the surgeon has done to the gastric pouch, or whether the surgery is a BPD with Duodenal Switch in which case a sleeve gastrectomy may already have been performed.
If you have experienced weight regain, it is important to ascertain what the reasons are behind the weight regain, as you already have a malabsorptive procedure designed to prevent absorption of a proportion of your caloric intake.
Reasons could include:
1. Food choices you are eating
2. Snacking
3. Lack of exercise
4. Absence of satiety or restriction with eating leading to excessive caloric intake
If numbers 1, 2, or 3 are issues, then these should be addressed FIRST before considering any further surgery.
If Number 4 is the main issue, and the gastric pouch has not been created to be a narrow pouch, it would be possible (but potentially difficult also) to revise the gastric pouch to a narrow pouch, which may also require the gastrojejunostomy anastomosis to be recreated.
Kind regards,
Dr Jason Wong
Weight & Metabolic Solutions Australia
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