Sleeve Gastrectomy information
It is a purely restrictive procedure. The 75% of the stomach is removed (by cutting and stapling the more distensible part) leaving the sleeve shape stomach. The stomach will be reduced but its functions are going to be preserved. Read more >
The sleeve gastrectomy is an operation in which the left side of the stomach is surgically removed. This results in a new stomach which is roughly the size and shape of a banana. Since this operation does not involve any "rerouting" or reconnecting of the intestines,
The Gastric Sleeve is a purely restrictive procedure, It consists of the cut and stapled of the part more distensible of the stomach (major curvature), Leaving a gastric thin pipe and extracting 75 % of the stomach that it cut.
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