Vertical sleeve gastrectomy is surgery to help with weight loss. The surgeon removes a large portion of your stomach. The smaller stomach limits the amount of food you can eat by making you feel full after eating small amounts of food.
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Alternative NamesGastrectomy - sleeve; gastrectomy - greater curvature; gastrectomy - parietal; gastric reduction; vertical gastroplasty
DescriptionYou will receive general anesthesia before this surgery. This will make you unconscious and unable to feel pain.
The surgery is usually done using a tiny camera that is placed in your belly. This type of surgery is called laparoscopy. The camera is called a laparoscope. It allows your surgeon to see inside your belly. In this surgery:
When you eat after having this surgery, the small pouch will fill up quickly. You will feel full after eating just a very small amount of food.
Weight-loss surgery may increase your risk for gallstones. Your doctor may recommend having a cholecystectomy (surgery to remove your gallbladder) before your surgery.
Why the Procedure Is PerformedWeight-loss surgery may be an option if you are very obese and have not been able to lose weight through diet and exercise.
Vertical sleeve gastrectomy is not a "quick fix" for obesity. It will greatly change your lifestyle. You must diet and exercise after this surgery. You may have complications from the surgery and poor weight loss if you don't.
People who have this surgery should be mentally stable and not be dependent on alcohol or illegal drugs.
This procedure may be recommended for you if you have:
Vertical sleeve gastrectomy has most often been done on patients who are too heavy to safely have other types of weight-loss surgery. A second weight-loss surgery may be needed eventually for some patients
This procedure cannot be reversed once it has been done.
RisksRisks for any anesthesia are:
Risks for any surgery are:
Risks for vertical sleeve gastrectomy are:
Your surgeon will ask you to have tests and visits with your other health care providers before you have this surgery. Some of these are:
If you are a smoker, you should stop smoking several weeks before surgery and not start smoking again after surgery. Smoking slows recovery and increases the risks of problems. Tell your doctor or nurse if you need help quitting.
Always tell your doctor or nurse:
During the week before your surgery:
On the day of your surgery:
You can probably go home 2 days after your surgery. You should be able to drink clear liquids on the day after surgery, and then a pureed diet by the time you go home.
When you go home, you will probably be given pain pills or liquids and a medication called proton pump inhibitors.
Your doctor, nurse, or dietitian will recommend a diet for you. Meals should be small to avoid stretching the remaining stomach.
Outlook (Prognosis)The final weight loss may not as large as with gastric bypass. However, this may be enough for many patients. Because vertical sleeve gastrectomy is a newer procedure, there is less data about the long-term benefits and risks. Talk with your doctor about which procedure is best for you.
The weight will usually come off more slowly than with gastric bypass. You should keep losing weight for up to 2-3 years.
Losing enough weight after surgery can improve many medical conditions you might also have. Conditions that may improve are asthma, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, obstructive sleep apnea, high cholesterol, and gastroesophageal disease (GERD).
Weighing less should also make it much easier for you to move around and do your everyday activities.
This surgery alone is not a solution to losing weight. It can train you to eat less, but you still have to do much of the work. To lose weight and avoid complications from the procedure, you will need to follow the exercise and eating guidelines that your doctor and dietitian gave you.
ReferencesTownsend Jr. CM, Beauchamp RD, Evers BM, Mattox KL. Townsend: Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders; 2007. Chapter 17
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Karamanakos SN, Vagenas K, Kalfarentzos F, Alexandrides TK. Weight loss, appetite suppression, and changes in fasting and postprandial ghrelin and peptide-YY levels after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy: a prospective, double blind study. Ann Surg. 2008 Mar;247(3):401-7.
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During the sleeve gastrectomy, 85% of the stomach is removed and it takes the shape of a sleeve. You can read more about the procedure at http://www.yourbariatricsurgeryguide.com/gastric-sleeve/
www.verticalsleevetalk.com is an excellent resource for people considering a gastric sleeve gastrectomy. There you can find a reliable forum populated with other people at all stages of a gastric sleeve gastrectomy.
Vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG) is a form of weight loss surgery that involves permanently removing about 85% of the stomach. VSG patients can expect to lose up to 50% of their excess weight within a year of surgery. The vertical sleeve gastrectomy has several advantages over Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. The part of the stomach that is removed is responsible for the production of Ghrelin, a hormone that induces feelings of hunger. Combined with the drastically-reduced size of the stomach, patients are hungry less frequently. Gastrectomy patients also do not experience dumping syndrome, which is a problem many gastric bypass patients encounter.
There are some benefits to getting a Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy. Some of these benefits include reduced stomach capacity without lose of function, lower chances of ulcers, and reduces hunger.
You will be on a liquid diet and must stop smoking before undergoing the sleeve gastrectomy surgery. Additional information about this procedure is available at: www.yourbariatricsurgeryguide.com/gastric-sleeve
This is also known as Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy. It is a surgical process that has been adopted by many surgeons as an alternative to the banding surgery. It can be offered to paitients with a lower BMI and those with lower risk factors.
Laparoscopy, surgical, gastric restrictive procedure; longitudinal gastrectomy (ie, sleeve gastrectomy)
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Sleeve gastrectomy surgery involves removing about eighty-five percent of your stomach, which results in shaping it into a tube or sleeve. The procedure is performed to dramatically lose weight, but it is relatively new and therefore there aren't very good statistics about its effectiveness.
Sleeve gastrectomy is the newest weight loss procedure.It is laproscopic, it removes 75% of your stomach, leaving a tube shaped behind called a sleeve.Go to sanfordhealth.org they have a list of the pros,and cons.