Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgery. The result is a sleeve or tube like structure. Gastric sleeve surgery is done using general anesthesia which is medicine that puts you into a very deep sleep and requires a ventilator to breathe for you during the surgery.
The procedure is a restrictive bariatric surgery to treat extremely obese patients with a high bmi of 40 and above. Sleeve gastrectomy is a surgical weight loss procedure in which the stomach is reduced to about 15 of its original size by surgical removal of a large portion of the stomach along the greater curvature. What remains is sewn into a small banana shaped stomach pouch.
Aside from the risks inherent with any surgery gastric sleeve surgery can result in a wide range of physical and mental health complications.
In gastric bypass the surgeon makes a small pouch that skips most of your stomach going straight to the intestine. Sleeve gastrectomy also referred to as vertical sleeve gastric sleeve or tube gastrectomy is a surgical procedure performed for the treatment of obesity. The procedure is a restrictive bariatric surgery to treat extremely obese patients with a high bmi of 40 and above. What remains is sewn into a small banana shaped stomach pouch.
