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.

For that 40% still struggling with the Lap Band, there is an answer: sleeve gastrectomy. The increasingly popular and extremely effective sleeve gastrectomy surgery, also known as the gastric ...

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 ...

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 ...