Vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG ... and the transected ileum is anastomosed to the gastric pouch. (B) BPD with duodenal switch. A sleeve gastrectomy is created to maintain the pylorus and ...

In a 10-year period (January 1996–December 2006), 96 patients suffering from super obesity underwent sleeve gastrectomy and biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (Marceau technique ...