title: Laparoscopic biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch: technique and initial experience.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The duodenal Switch (DS) is a variant of the biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) for the surgical treatment of morbid obesity.
  
  
  METHODS
  The laparoscopic DS (LapDS) operation is described, and the early surgical outcomes of 16 patients are reported.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Postoperative stay was 5 to 8 days. Local wound infection at a trocar site was the most common local complication.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  LapDS is an advanced, complex and feasible technique in bariatric surgery.
authors.affiliation: Virgen de los Lirios Hospital, Alcoy, Alicante, Spain. abaltasar@seco.org
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baltasar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bou
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miró
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bengochea
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Serra
authors.forename: Nieves
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pérez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015904:Biliopancreatic Diversion; D004386:Duodenum / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome