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Sleeve gastrectomy is the most frequently performed bariatric surgery at Newton-Wellesley Hospital’s Center for Weight Loss Surgery, providing a low level of risk and good weight loss outcomes. Our bariatric surgeons perform hundreds of sleeve gastrectomy procedures each year for patients from Greater Boston communities and all over New England.
According to the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and the National Institutes of Health, sleeve gastrectomy is the current gold standard procedure for weight loss surgery. It is one of the most frequently performed weight loss procedures in the United States.
Sleeve gastrectomy is a restrictive (decreasing food intake by reducing the size of your stomach) as well as metabolic (altering chemicals in your blood to change your perception of hunger and fullness) bariatric surgery procedure. Originally the first stage of a two-part treatment, sleeve gastrectomy has been found to be safe and effective as a standalone weight loss surgery.
During this procedure, the surgeon creates a small, sleeve-shaped stomach, about the size of a banana. Approximately 85 percent of your stomach is removed, leaving the sleeve-shaped stomach.
Sleeve gastrectomy has become one of the major weight loss interventions throughout the world, and in the U.S., private insurers are covering this medically necessary procedure. Studies continue to support laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy as a viable and safe surgical option for long-term weight management if you are morbidly obese.
If you have a very high BMI (>50), you can undergo sleeve gastrectomy safely but may require follow-up weight loss surgery to achieve your goal (see SIPS- duodenal switch procedure).
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