07-22-2008, 05:31 AM
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There actually is some longer-term data on the DS. One study took place over a 21-year period (1998 Scopinaro Report - this one is actually on the biliopancreatic diversion procedure alone, which is the malabsorptive component of the DS), and one for 10 years (1998 Hess Report).
Also, many insurance companies now cover the DS and no longer consider it experimental (my particular BCBS plan included, though they do still consider the VSG to be experiemental and will not cover it). The reason it is not used as widely as the RNY is that fewer surgeons perform the procedure - it takes longer in the OR than the RNY, and it is a more complicated procedure that fewer surgeons have taken the time to learn.
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