A sleeve gastrectomy, also called gastric sleeve surgery or vertical sleeve gastrectomy, is a weight loss (bariatric) surgery. This a gastric restrictive procedure, which is a type of weight loss ...

SADI-S is a type of bariatric surgery that combines two procedures: sleeve gastrectomy and duodenal switch. During the surgery, Ren-Fielding explained, doctors first remove a portion of the stomach.

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy surgery limits how much food your stomach can hold and how much nutrition your body can absorb. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) surgery — also known as ...

Adults who underwent gastric bypass had more excess BMI loss 10 years after surgery than those who had a sleeve gastrectomy. More adults in the sleeve gastrectomy group required a conversion ...

Gastric sleeve surgery and gastric bypass surgery are both weight loss procedures. However, they differ in how they lead to weight loss and their effects on the digestive system. Gastric sleeve ...

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) led to greater excess body mass index (BMI) loss than sleeve gastrectomy in patients with severe obesity over 10 years, with the latter procedure being associated ...

After removing the stomach, the surgeon connects the esophagus to the small bowel. Sleeve gastrectomy is a treatment for obesity. The procedure involves removing around 80% of the stomach ...

After years of yo-yo dieting, a woman underwent a vertical sleeve gastrectomy procedure. With regular gym sessions, she began seeing success post-surgery and lost 100 pounds within a year.

Adults who underwent sleeve gastrectomy from 2014 onward had a lower risk for all-cause mortality compared with those who had gastric bypass (HR = 0.72; 95% CI, 0.54-0.97).