Abnormal calcium, 25(OH)vitamin D, and parathyroid hormone after biliopancreatic diversion; correction through elongation of the common tract and reduction of the gastric pouch.
Journal:
Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery
Published Date:
Nov 24, 2015
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) is a surgical technique burdened, in some instances, by clinical evidence of malabsorption and intractable diarrhoea.