Long-term complications after sleeve gastrectomy may also occur and can include acid reflux, narrowing of the sleeve, too little weight loss, too much weight loss, vitamin deficiencies, and weight regain. What to Expect After Surgery Most patients are in the hospital for 1 to 2 days and ...
The banded laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (BLSG) has been proposed to overcome this complication. This is the first study that reports the long-term outcome (>5years) of BLSG in obese and superobese patient population. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred and forty-seven patients (n=51, non-...
Another type of bypass procedure is called the biliopancreatic diversion with a duodenal switch. This is done as two separate procedures. First comes a sleeve gastrectomy. This is followed by a bypass procedure. Although this surgery causes significant weight loss, it also causes more l...
Chance of long-term complications: While most people don’t have long-term complications, they are still possible. For gastric sleeves, one long-term risk includes gastroesophageal reflux disorder (GERD). Pros and cons of gastric bypass surgery Gastric bypass surgery changes both the size of your...
Long term complications that may require reoperation are less frequent than those for RYGB and adjustable gastric band. Risks of nutritional deficiency are very low. Because there is no implant, as with the adjustable gastric band, there is no risk of mechanical failure, and the need for freque...
A sleeve gastrectomy is the most popular weight loss surgery procedure worldwide and it is a keyhole procedure that is done where the bulk of the stomach is removed, so 80% of your baggy stomach would be converted into 20% of a long, thin tube of the stomach. How does it work and wh...
procedure performed in the United States, vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG) is becoming the surgery of choice for both practitioners and patients, mainly because of the ease of surgery compared with gastric bypass and the elimination of bowel rearrangement and potential long-term complications. ...
Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) remains the most common bariatric surgical procedure performed worldwide [1]. It is likely that this procedure will continue to be preferred in the future because of the above mentioned clinical advantages [1]. However, long term complications of SG, such as the developme...
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is the most common bariatric procedure, but weight regain remains the main drawback. Banded Sleeve improves the long-term result of LSG on weight loss but, as a foreign body, it has some serious complications. We aimed to test the efficacy of using the ...
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass vs laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy to treat morbid obesity-related comorbidities: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Obes Surg. 2016;26(2):429-442.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 21. Shoar S, Saber AA. Long-term and midterm outcomes of laparoscopic sleeve...