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 ...

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 ...

Q. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who’s running for president, had obesity surgery. What exactly did he have done and does it work? A. Gov. Christie had Adjustable Gastric Band surgery ...

More than half of your stomach is removed, leaving a thin vertical sleeve that is about the size and shape of a banana ... Your life will improve in ways you cannot imagine." The sleeve gastrectomy ...

Three primary types of bariatric surgery are performed in the U.S, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH): Vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG), also known as gastric sleeve ...

Major complication rate in Roux-en-Y gastric bypass resulted ... robotic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass or the vertical gastric resection in the robotic sleeve gastrectomy).

Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) is a new non-surgical bariatric procedure that achieves a similar effect as gastric sleeve surgery. ESG requires no incisions or cutting into the stomach – the ...