The importance of the biliopancreatic limb length in gastric bypass: A systematic review

• Published in: Surgery for obesity and related diseases Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 43 - 49
• Main Authors: Zorrilla-Nunez, Luis F., Campbell, Anthony, Giambartolomei, Giulio, Lo Menzo, Emanuele, Szomstein, Samuel, Rosenthal, Raul J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2019
• Subjects: Biliopancreatic limb length; Duodenum - metabolism; Duodenum - physiology; Duodenum - surgery; Gastric Bypass; Humans; Metabolic effect; Obesity, Morbid - surgery; Postoperative Complications; Treatment Outcome; Weight Loss - physiology; Metabolic effect; Gastric bypass; Biliopancreatic limb length
• ISSN: 1550-7289; 1878-7533; 1878-7533
• DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2018.10.013

Bariatric surgery has proven to be the most durable treatment for obesity, and it also provides improvement of obesity's associated co-morbidities. Although several mechanisms for its metabolic effects have been studied, the implications of the surgically constructed anatomy on its functioning...