Biliopancreatic Diversion!



When the weight of a person goes more than 100 pounds over the ideal weight, he or she might need weight loss surgery. At present various types of weight loss surgeries are available. But the surgeons select the one which will suit you correctly. Before deciding about which type of weight loss surgery to be performed on you they will ask for some test reports like blood sugar and pressure, urinalysis, chest x-ray, electrocardiogram and many more. If all the conditions are favorable for the surgery they will opt for it.



Biliopancreatic diversion is a kind of weight loss surgery. This is the procedure of removing a huge part of the stomach. The small remaining part keeps connected with the ultimate segment of the small intestine. This means that the other parts of the small intestine are completely bypassed using this method. There remains a common channel which allows the digestive juices to mix with the food before they get into colon.

This way the food intake is restricted as well as the amount of gastric juices produced are also reduced. This procedure can cause different deficiencies of the nutritional requirement of the body.



It has a few risks. Like:

  • It may cause dumping syndrome.
  • It causes nausea, weakness, sweating, faintness, and possibly diarrhea.
  • Blood clot in the lungs.
  • A leakage may possible from the stomach into the abdominal cavity
  • You may become so weak in some cases.