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Sleeve Gastrectomy
This surgery is done by creating a small sleeve shaped stomach out of the stomach.
Other types of weight loss surgery are vertical banded gastroplasty, biliopancreatic diversion, duodenal switch, and gastric sleeve.
Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch (BPDDS) Also known as vertical sleeve gastrectomy with duodenal switch (VSGDS).
The vertical gastrectomy, or sleeve gastrectomy, is a type of restrictive weight loss surgery.
Depending on the amount of weight the patient needs to lose, it can take the Lap Band patient up to five years to achieve their goal whereas the Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and Gastric Bypass patient may achieve their goal in as little as six to eighteen months.
The Gastric Sleeve (Sleeve Gastrectomy) surgery promotes weight loss by removing two-thirds of the stomach (the new stomach looks like a tube).
The Gastric Sleeve surgery promotes weight loss by removing two-thirds of the stomach (the new stomach looks like a tube).Currently, most insurances do not cover the Gastric Sleeve surgery.

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy as an initial weight-loss procedure for high-risk patients with morbid obesity.
This weight loss is usually achieved by reducing the size of the stomach with an implanted medical device (gastric banding) or through removal of a portion of the stomach (sleeve gastrectomy or biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch) or by resecting and re-routing the small intestines to a small stomach pouch(gastric bypass surgery).
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, following the major curve.The sleeve gastrectomy is a weight loss surgery that is commonly performed in the United States.