bilio-pancreatic diversion

Noun

biliopancreatic diversion (plural biliopancreatic diversions)

1. An operation in which part of the stomach is resected, creating a smaller stomach to which the distal part of the small intestine is then connected, bypassing the duodenum and jejunum.
   • The study, of 111 children born to 49 mothers who had a type of weight-loss surgery called biliopancreatic diversion, found that babies born after the operation had lower birth weights than those born before, and their risk of becoming severely obese as children was one-third the risk of those born...2009 September 8, Roni Caryn Rabin, “Children: Seeing a Family Benefit in Obesity Surgery”, in New York Times

   Synonyms:

   Scopinaro procedure