Gastrectomy is a surgical procedure where a part of or the complete stomach is surgically removed. It may be done as an open surgical procedure or through laparoscopy. While living without a stomach ...

(Reuters Health) - People with obesity may initially shed more excess pounds with an older operation known as Roux-en-Y gastric bypass than with a newer sleeve gastrectomy procedure, but a research ...

SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — Toyha Harper from the Shannon Weight Loss Center talked about the sleeve gastrectomy procedure, a fairly common procedure meant to reduce weight. The ...

CAMDEN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center and renowned weight loss surgeon Dr. Alex Gandsas have announced the successful completion of a single port sleeve gastrectomy ...

MAYFIELD TOWNSHIP, Michigan — Every Wednesday, Debra Slocum is up to her elbows in pounds of potatoes and mounds of chicken — but for the first time in the busy grandmother’s life, her only interest ...

As people begin investigating surgical weight-loss options, one of the first questions to arise is "what procedure is best for me?" One procedure emerging as the frontrunner in bariatric surgery is ...

With the sleeve gastrectomy performed by Dr. Feiz, patients are able to shed the excess weight that poses significant health risks and get back on the track towards a healthy, productive life. In the ...

Also known as a gastric sleeve procedure, sleeve gastrectomy involves removing around 80% of the stomach and leaving behind a thin, banana-shaped sleeve that can hold approximately 50 to 100mL of ...

A common weight-loss operation called sleeve gastrectomy can make testosterone levels normal in obese men, according to new findings. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of surgical ...

Non-Hispanic white patients who underwent a gastric bypass procedure lost slightly more weight over a three-year period than Hispanic or black patients, according to study. The study also examined two ...