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 sleeve gastrectomy involves removing a large part of the stomach ... Surgery is generally considered when your body mass index (BMI) is 40 or higher. Surgery may also be an option when your BMI is ...

The long-term outcomes of sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) may differ in intention-to-treat (ITT) and per protocol (PP) populations.

Adults with obesity who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass achieved a greater excess BMI loss at 10 years compared with those ...

Our aim was to compare the effect of probiotics vs placebo on hepatic, inflammatory and clinical outcomes following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy ... institution’s human research committees ...

Thus our aim was to investigate the potential role of pancreatic AQP7 and AQP12 in the beneficial effect of sleeve gastrectomy on β-cell mass and steatosis in diet-induced obese rats. As changes ...