Sleeve gastrectomy was performed more than any other gastric bypass surgery in Michigan in 2012, according to research published in JAMA. This makes sleeve gastrectomy the most common choice for ...

The use of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy has increased steadily over the past 10 years. A recent evaluation of its effectiveness by Carlin and colleagues suggests that this type of bariatric surgery ...

This surgery is done by making several small incisions and using small instruments and a camera to guide the surgery (laparoscopic approach). More than half of your stomach is removed, leaving a thin ...

GLP-1 initiation was common among patients who underwent bariatric surgery, especially sleeve gastrectomy vs Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.

Compared with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy was associated with a lower risk for subsequent abdominal surgery or endoscopy in a new study that examined the two bariatric procedures. In ...

Bariatric surgery is the most effective means of dealing with severe obesity. But there are several types of surgery which involve more, or less, alterations of the gastrointestinal tract. Choosing ...

Adults with Type 2 diabetes achieve better blood glucose (sugar) control two years after undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy than do patients who receive standard medical diabetes care without ...

Women who have had gastric sleeve surgery to lose weight may want to consider limiting the number of alcoholic drinks they consume post-surgery. A new study found that after undergoing sleeve ...

The results of a study published in the Annals of Surgery suggest that laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy should be regarded as the procedure of choice in a selected group of patients with morbid obesity ...

Kelly Osbourne, 35, isn’t too shy to admit that going under the knife helped her to lose weight. During an Aug. 20 episode of the Hollywood Raw podcast the Brit confessed that she’d had gastric sleeve ...

A WOMAN who had a gastric sleeve has opened up about a “horrible” side effect she has experienced. Whitney Marie shared how ...

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