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Table 37.2 Recommended revisional surgery based on index procedure
Index procedure Recommended revisional surgery
Adjustable gastric band RYGB, BPD/DS Roux-en-Y gastric bypass DRGB and BPD/DS or SADI-S Nonadjustable band/vertical banded
gastroplasty Sleeve gastrectomy Re-sleeve, RYGB, BPD/DS, SADI-S
RYGB Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, DS duodenal switch, DRBG distal Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, BPD/DS biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch, SADI-S single anastomosis duodeno-ileal
bypass and sleeve gastrectomy
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considered consensus. Consensus was achieved in several points including but not limited to (1) RBS is justied in some patients; (2) RBS is more technically chal­lenging than the respective primary bariatric surgery; (3) second or third RBS can be justied in some patients; (4) candidates should undergo a nutritional assess­ment, psychological evaluation, endoscopy, and a contrast series; (5) RYGB, one­anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB), and SADI-S are options after gastric banding; and (6) OAGB, BPD/DS, and SADI-S are options after sleeve gastrectomy. Regarding revision for primary RYGB, the only consensus obtained was lengthen­ing of the biliopancreatic limb as RBS option for RYGB or OAGB [13].
37.5.1 Adjustable Gastric Band
Adjustable gastric band (ABG) remains one of the most common bariatric surgeries performed worldwide and the procedure that most commonly requires revision with estimated rates of 30 to 60% [6]. Given its primary restrictive effects, reported fail­ure rates range between 40 and 50%. For weight regain, conversion to a malabsorp­tive procedure is recommended, such as RYGB or BPD/DS.If the cause of weight regain can be attributed to band slippage or pouch dilation, re-banding or conversion to sleeve gastrectomy is another option [8]. For the years 2015 to 2017, the most common revision was laparoscopic gastric banding (LAGB) to SG, followed by LAGB to RYGB [14].
37.5.2 Non-adjustable Band/Vertical Banded Gastroplasty
Non-adjustable gastric bands have fallen out of favor secondary to its long-term complications. Conversion to RYGB is the procedure of choice. Conversion of ver­tical banded gastroplasty has been described to RYGB, SG, OAGB, and DS [6]. Conversion to RYGB remains the gold standard for both of these primary procedures.
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37.5.3 Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is one of the most common weight loss procedures per­formed worldwide and is considered by many to be the gold standard. Unfortunately, approximately 10–34% of patients experience inadequate weight loss or weight gain and may ultimately require revision. The most common etiology of weight regain is pouch dilation. Other reported etiologies include enlarged gastric pouch greater than 5cm in diameter, wide gastro-jejunal anastomosis (GJA), anastomosis greater than 1cm, GJA>1.5cm in diameter, dilated GJA greater than or equal to 2cm, pouch >30mL, pouch dilation >120mL, weight recidivism with or without gastric stula, gastric stula, short-limb bypass, and hyperphagic behavior [12].
Multiple revisional surgeries have been described. In a recent systemic review and meta-analysis, distal Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (DRGB) alone showed the highest decrease in BMI at 1-year follow-up versus biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD/DS) or single anastomosis duodeno-ileal bypass and sleeve gastrectomy (SADI-S) at 3-year follow-up. Overall, they found maximal BMI decrease in DRGB alone, followed by BPD/DS or SADI-S, laparoscopic pouch and/or GJA resizing, and endoscopic pouch and/or GJA resizing.
37.5.4 Sleeve Gastrectomy
Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is currently the most commonly performed bariatric pro­cedure worldwide [1]. Its relatively simple technique and low complication rate contribute to it being preferred over some other procedures [15]. Revision is esti­mated in up to 30% of cases for multiple etiologies, including weight regain. Loss of restriction is one of the main anatomic factors contributing to weight regain. Although revision to RYGB or DS has been recommended as the standard of care, some studies have described revision with re-sleeve for dilation of the residual stomach as the cause [15]. The overall %EWL following re-sleeve can be up to 57% at 12months and up to 60% at 20months [16].
A retrospective study analyzed conversion from SG to either RYGB or SADI for insufcient weight loss or weight regain. Out of 140 patients, 66 patients underwent SG to SADI, and 74 patients underwent SG to RYGB.SADI was found to achieve
8.7%, 12.4%, and 19.4% more total body weight loss at 6, 12, and 24months com­pared to RYGB for weight regain alone. RYGB is preferred when symptoms of reux accompany weight regain [16].
For patients with super morbid obesity and weight regain after SG, in the absence of reux symptoms, conversion to biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD/DS) is recommended for maximal weight loss, with %EWL ranging from 70 to 80% at 2years [3].
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37.5.5 Biliopancreatic Diversion Withor Without
Duodenal Switch
Biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD/DS) has been shown to be the most effective bariatric procedure with maintained long-term %EWL of 82.2%,
81.9%, 81%, and 83% at 2, 3, 4, and 5years [17]. Despite its weight loss benets, it is associated with the highest early mortality and complications at 1-year follow­ up of all procedures [18]. Limited data exists on revision for weight regain at this time given its proven efcacy. Reducing the gastric volume has been described giv­ing limited results [19].
37.6 Role andImpact ofDuodenal Switch
Duodenal switch as a primary bariatric surgery has been associated with the highest %EWL estimated at 74.1, compared to sleeve gastrectomy at 58.3%EWL, RYGB at
56.7%EWL, and gastric banding at 45.9%EWL [20]. It is therefore not surprising that as a revisional procedure, it has also been shown to be associated with more weight loss. A recent retrospective study comparing SADI and RYGB for patients with failed SG found that patients who underwent SADI experienced 8.7%, 12.4%, and 19.4% more weight loss compared to RYGB at 6, 12, and 24months postoperatively [3].
Its long-term weight loss efcacy has led to BPD/DS growing popularity as a primary and revisional bariatric surgery, experiencing a 63.7% and 114.1% growth in total cases and revision cases, respectively, from 2015 to 2017 [18].
Duodenal switch has also been shown to be the primary and revisional procedure of choice for superobese patients, classied with a body mass index of >50kg/m2. A retrospective study compared 83 BPD/DS and 97 RYGB procedures performed from 2002 to 2009 for patients with an initial body mass index of 55kg/m2. At 3-year follow-up, the mean %EWL was 63.7% after RYGB versus 84% after BPD/ DS [21].
In summary, biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD/DS) has been shown to be benecial as revisional surgery for select populations:
• Superobese patients.
• Weight regain following SG in the absence of reux symptoms.
37.7 Weight Loss Following Revisional Surgery
Weight loss after revisional bariatric surgery leads to signicant weight loss in the long term, rates varying per procedure performed. A single-center retrospective study for patients who underwent revisional surgery for weight regain (52.4%)
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analyzed weight loss at 3-, 6-, 9-, and 12-month intervals. Patients with a primary restrictive procedure and reux symptoms underwent conversion to either RYGB or BPD/DS and experienced 50–65.3%EWL at 3 months and 50.1–79.1%EWL at 12 months. Patients with initial RYGB underwent GJ revision for pouch or GJ abnormalities. For those without anatomic abnormalities, they underwent conver­sion to distal bypass. At 3months, %EWL was 36.6 for GJ revision and 37.5% for distal revision [7].
37.8 Complications ofRevisional Surgery
Revisional bariatric surgery is complex, is technically demanding, and is therefore associated with higher morbidity and mortality. Compared to primary surgery, revi­sional surgery has been associated with higher rates of postoperative complications, longer operative times, longer hospital stay, conversion to open surgery, readmis­sion, and unplanned admission to the critical care unit [3, 6]. In comparing primary versus revisional RYGB, revisional surgery was associated with higher rates of leak, hemorrhage, wound infection, stricture, ulcer, perforation, and hernia [6].
A single-center retrospective study analyzed complications after revisional sur­geries performed at their center for weight regain between 2012 and 2015. Of 84 patients, 43 presented for weight regain (52.4%). Complications included incarcer­ated ventral hernia following AGB conversion to SG, anastomotic leak and recur­rent intussusception following gastro-jejunostomy revision, and stricture and marginal ulcer following AGB conversion to RYGB [7].
In summary, reported complications of revisional bariatric surgery are:
• Hernia.
• Anastomotic leak.
• Stricture.
• Marginal ulcer.
• Wound infection.
• Hemorrhage.
• Perforation.
• Obstruction.
37.9 Conclusion
Weight regain after primary bariatric surgery is multifactorial. It is imperative to establish guidelines for classifying weight gain in order to guide subsequent inter­vention and thus to aid bariatric teams internationally in the management of this clinical entity. Revisional surgery has been shown to be a successful treatment option for patients presenting with weight gain, with rates of weight loss nearing
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those seen after primary surgery. Furthermore, the importance of revisional surgery lies in its ability to readdress many of the obesity-related comorbidities which prompted the primary procedure. When indicated, it is important to tailor the type of revisional surgery to each patient. Although Roux-en-Y gastric bypass remains the most common type of revisional surgery after primary surgery of any type, duo­denal switch is emerging as the revision procedure of choice for superobese patients and patients with failed sleeve gastrectomy secondary to weight regain in the absence of reux symptoms.
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Chapter 38
Conversion ofSleeve Gastrectomy toDuodenal Switch andSADI-S
AlminoCardosoRamos andEduardoLemosDeSouzaBastos
38.1 Introduction
Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) has increasingly seduced surgeons and patients world­wide. Initially derived from classic biliopancreatic diversion/duodenal switch (BPD-DS), SG began to be employed years later as a rst stage in patients with severe obesity and at high surgical risk. Based on the encouraging results, the sec­ond stage was gradually discontinued, and the SG was subsequently recognized as a stand-alone bariatric procedure. Currently, SG accounts for about 60% of all inter­ventional bariatric and metabolic procedures worldwide [13]. Long-lasting weight loss, control of obesity-related comorbidities, and virtual absence of signicant gas­trointestinal and nutritional adverse events can help explain such expressive per­centages [4, 5].
Despite the current widespread acceptance of the SG, some setbacks are still a source of heated debates in the scientic community. Food intolerance due to tor­sion of the axis or stenosis, worsening or onset of “de novo” gastroesophageal reux disease (GERD), and the challenging treatment of high leaks are some examples of concern among bariatric surgeons. In addition, the ineffectiveness in controlling obesity due to inadequate weight loss (IWL) or mainly weight regain (WR) has shown worrying rates in recent times.
IWL is a disappointing outcome usually seen as soon as 6–12months after the procedure. Its incidence is unclear, perhaps underreported, but it does not seem to have a concerning rate. On the other hand, the long-term follow-up of patients
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undergoing SG has shown a higher rate of obesity recurrence. In any case, failed SG brings intense distress to the patient and the surgical team, sometimes requiring reoperation. Several options are currently available to the surgeon in the face of weight loss failure after SG.However, the main challenge is to accurately identify which patients would actually benet with a second procedure in the long term.
The traditional BPD-DS is a malabsorptive operation that has long been recog­nized as one of the most effective bariatric procedures. The single anastomosis duodenal-ileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy (SADI-S), also called “one­anastomosis duodenal switch” (OADS), is fundamentally a variant of the BPD-DS operation that was already endorsed by both the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) and American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) [68]. Both BPD-DS and SADI-S/ OADS appear to be highly effective as primary bariatric procedures in morbidly obese patients [914]. However, some technical complexity, mainly related to DBP-DS, and side effects associated with malabsorption of fat-soluble vitamins, micronutrients, and proteins, as well as steatorrhea, have limited the use of large­scale duodenal switch surgeries.
Despite the limited acceptance as a primary procedure, BPD-DS and SADI-S/ OADS should be seen as the natural rescue procedure in sleeved patient, since the gastric step of these two techniques has already been done, saving operative time and minimizing the risk of complications related to the SG itself. However, the bar­iatric community in general still seems to opt more frequently for conversion to gastric bypass, considered a less technically demanding procedure. Nonetheless, the greater technical simplicity attributed to the emerging SADI-S/OADS surgery com­pared to classic BPD-DS can provide a broader acceptance of duodenal switch sur­gery as a suitable revisional option after failed SG in the following years.
Therefore, the purpose of this chapter is to discuss duodenal switch surgery, either by two- or one-anastomosis, as a safe and feasible option to rescue patients undergoing SG and failure in obesity disease control.
38.2 Weight Loss Failure After SG
Unarguably, SG is currently considered a very effective treatment for morbid obe­sity. However, weight recidivism has been reported at varying rates after the sleeve. This wide variation seems to depend, above all, on the time of postoperative follow­ up and on the denition adopted for the diagnosis of WR. An interesting study highlighted how the WR rates can be strongly impacted by the type of denition adopted. Six different types of denitions were applied to the same cohort of 868 patients undergoing bariatric surgery with at least 5years of follow-up. Depending on the type of denition, WR ranged from 16 to 87% [15]. Similarly, a systematic review addressing the WR following SG showed a high variation in rates, ranging from 5.7% to 75.6%, depending on the follow-up period and the denition adopted [16].
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Worryingly, the lack of a universally accepted denition seems to be the rule. A systematic review carried out to describe how the failure of bariatric surgery is com­monly dened in the literature retrieved 60 studies comprising more than 4000 revi­sional procedures. The clear indication was provided in only 2741 cases. Among these, IWL and WR were responsible for almost 60% of the indications. Despite this relevance rate, most published studies have not precisely dened the failure of bariatric surgery, but excess weight loss (EWL) below 50% at 18months postopera­tively appeared to be the most frequently used denition [17]. An online survey using a social media platform was carried out to capture the current denitions for post-sleeve WR and what revision procedures are commonly offered in such cases. Not surprisingly, gastric bypass surgery (RYGB and OAGB-MGB) far surpassed the duodenal switch technique, whether through one- or two-anastomosis. In addi­tion, the survey exposed the concerning lack of a scientically robust denition for WR after SG [18].
Amid this lack of standardization, a multitude of conicting data have been pub­lished. Data from case series followed prospectively in the short term (1–2years) demonstrated recurrence of obesity in about 10% of patients undergoing SG.In this study, WR was dened as a recovery of at least 5% of the body weight initially lost [19], a somewhat rigorous denition. A retrospective study with longer postopera­tive follow-up (6years on average) found that almost 70% of post-sleeve patients met the WR criterion, dened as at least an increase in body weight of 5–10kg from the nadir, an equally very strict criterion [20].
Nevertheless, the variable rates of post-sleeve WR do not mirror the percentage of revision surgery, since not all patients identied as WR will need an interven­tional procedure. In a short-term case series of 500 morbidly obese patients who underwent primary SG, 26 individuals (5.2%) required revisional surgery due to poor weight loss (n=8) or WR (n=18). In this study, poor weight loss was dened by a percentage of excessive weight loss (%EWL) of less than 50% after 1year, and WR was dened as a regain of at least 30% of lost weight or a regain of 20% of weight from the nadir [21]. Another case series also applied the %EWL as a param­eter to proceed with a rescue procedure after SG.Of a total of 1300 patients, 36 (2.2%) required reoperation due to failure in weight control, dened by a %EWL below 50% after 1year. In this study, both IWL and WR were included in the same denition [22]. In a long-term case series of obese patients undergoing SG, 4 (2.2%) of 182 patients eligible for the study underwent BPD-DS as a second-stage procedure due to IWL before reaching the endpoint. In this cohort, 114 patients (62.6%) reached 10years of follow-up, and the WR, expressed as an increase in weight25% from the nadir, occurred in 10.4% of patients [23]. And nally, a retrospective analysis of a prospective cohort assessed long-term outcomes of 168 patients undergoing SG.After 8years of follow-up, 116 patients still had only the index procedure and had an average EWL of 67%. Of the remainder, 29 lost follow­up, and 23 (13.7%) patients underwent revisional surgery for WR (n=14; 8.3%) or for severe reux (n=9; 5.3%) at a mean time elapsed since the initial procedure of 50 months. Of these 14 patients, 5 went to duodenal switch surgery and 1 to SADI-S/OADS [24].
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Therefore, although some studies have shown alarming rates, the percentage of patients with failure in weight control requiring a revisional procedure after SG appears to not exceed 5–10% in the long term. Moreover, the criteria for indicating a reoperation remain somewhat arbitrary and surgeon-dependent. Importantly, the potential surgical risks and possible long-term benets must be carefully weighted in each individual patient.
38.3 Reoperative Procedures forFailure inWeight Control
After Sleeve
First of all, it is widely agreed that the rst approach for a patient with IWL or WR must comprise complete multidisciplinary assessment and detailed investigation of the sleeved stomach. In the absence of complete loss of the restrictive effect due to huge sleeve dilation, reoperation should only be considered after the patient’s com­mitment to the multidisciplinary team. Otherwise, new failure is often the rule, especially in the long term. Increased costs, reoperation probabilities, disappointing results, and, mainly, surgical complications appear to be higher compared to the index procedure [25, 26]. Therefore, every caution is strongly advisable before going to surgical revision.
The ASMBS Revision Task Force established a nomenclature for reoperative surgery into conversion, corrective, and reversal procedures [27]. Obviously, the sleeve cannot be subjected to a reversal procedure, since 70–80% of the stomach is removed. On the other hand, there are several corrective procedures that can be applied to the sleeve: re-sleeve, banding, seromyotomy, and axis realignment, among others.
Conversion procedures can be used in cases of complications or failure to con­trol weight or obesity-related comorbidities. Currently, the main reasons for con­verting a sleeve into some other bariatric procedure are GERD and obesity recidivism. In cases of GERD, the preferred rescue procedure seems to be Roux­en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), since the surgical design of the sleeve may be the cause of pathological reux and, therefore, this anatomy should be changed. Notwithstanding, SADI-S/OADS can also be an acceptable revision choice for sleeve patients suffering from GERD symptoms and weight recidivism. A retro­spective analysis of a prospectively collected database of patients who underwent SADI-S/OADS or one- anastomosis gastric bypass (OAGB-MGB) as a revisional procedure for weight recidivism after primary SG included 91 patients. In the SADI-S/OADS group (n=42), seven patients had GERD symptoms, and 57% had either stopped or decreased their anti-reux medications after revisional surgery. The sleeve was left untouched in all patients. It is very likely that the improvement/ resolution of GERD has reected the suitable control of the obesity disease, since at 12months postoperatively, the average post-revisional %EWL was 51.3in the SADI-S/OADS group [28]. Markedly, the small sample undermines more accurate conclusions.