Sleeve Gastrectomy Also called vertical gastric sleeve (VSG) surgery, this is another form of restrictive weight loss surgery. In the operation, your surgeon removes about 80% of your stomach, ...

A single-fire stapler is safe and effective in patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG), reducing both the operative time and the rate of 30-day readmissions, compared with a ...

Sleeve gastrectomy (SG), where about 80% of the stomach is removed, is effective for treating obesity and its complications, but it has been associated with bone loss in adolescents. In a prospective ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery may be associated with greater weight loss, diabetes control and lower risk for ...

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Weight loss surgery—also known as bariatric surgery—is a broad term that describes surgical procedures designed to help you lose weight. Weight loss surgeries do this by adjusting the stomach and ...

Sleeve gastrectomy leads to rapid and significant weight loss in patients with obesity and advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), thereby improving eligibility for transplant, according to the results ...

Gastric bypass patients had a lower rate of major adverse cardiac events than sleeve gastrectomy patients over 5 years. This was driven by a 40% risk reduction for myocardial infarction among gastric ...