Both Lap Band and sleeve gastrectomy procedures are designed to provide sustained, comfortable weight loss by limiting the amount of food a person can eat in one sitting as well as reducing appetite.

Gastric Bypass vs Sleeve Gastrectomy for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Archives of Surgery , 2011; 146 (2): 143 DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.326 ...

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy surgery limits how much food ... has fewer short-term risks than gastric bypass surgery. Unlike LAP-Band surgery, LSG surgery is not reversible.

The California Technology Assessment Forum (CTAF) has been requested to review the scientific evidence for the use of sleeve gastrectomy (SG) also known as vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG ...

Barnes has been performing bariatric surgery since 1996, focusing now on the laparoscopic gastric bypass and the laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, as well as revisional surgery for failed Lap Bands ...

Does This Affect the Results After Sleeve Gastrectomy?, Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques (2016). DOI: 10.1089/lap.2016.0084 ...

Gastric bypass surgery appears to lead to better long-term results including greater weight loss, resolution of diabetes and improved quality of life compared with sleeve gastrectomy and "lap-band ...