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Sleeve Gastrectomy!!

This image shows a portion of the stomach that was removed during a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, which is a surgical weight loss procedure. Vertical sleeve gastrectomy is surgery to help with weight loss. The surgeon removes a large portion of your stomach. About 75% of the stomach was removed in this case by a resection along the greater curvature, leaving a narrow gastric tube or 'sleeve.' The intestines are not removed or bypassed during this procedure. The new, smaller stomach is about the size of a banana, facilitates significantly smaller meals, which translates into less calories consumed. It limits the amount of food that the patient can eat by allowing the patient to feel full after eating small amounts of food