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JIB - intestinal bypass |
This early weight loss (obesity) surgery bypassed most of the small bowel, leaving about 12-18 inches still connected. Besides causing diarrhea after every meal, lots of vitamins did not get absorbed. However, because the stomach was not stapled, many patients lived for 30 years or more after a JIB. A famous JIB patient was Trumpeter, Al Hirt. He re-gained most of his weight back and died of liver failure, 30 years after his obesity surgery was done. (pictured to the left) Many providers will tell you that the newer surgeries like the gastric bypass (which is not that new since they started doing those in the 1960's) are "so much better" and "so much safer" than the JIB. They may be less uncomfortable as far as diarrhea but there is no evidence they are safer at all because at least the JIB was totally reversible (with 10-15 years after surgery) and at least those patients still had their stomachs in tact.
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