3. Sugerman et al in 1997 published their outcomes with 27 patients. Five patients were converted to a malabsortive distal gastric bypass with a 50cm common channel which required a second revision for malnutrition and two died. 22 patients were revised to a 150cm common channel; three patients required a second revision for malnutrition but %EWL went from 30% to 61% at 1 year and 69% at 5 years. They concluded that a 50cm common channel had an unacceptable morbidity and mortality.