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VSG Links to help you decide if it's the right procedure for you

Here are some links I've collected when I was researching the sleeve.

http://www.asbs.org/Newsite07/resources/sleeve_statement.pdf ASMBS position paper on sleeve - includes reports of early studies

http://www.facs.org/education/gs2004/gs33lee.pdf LapSF Educational presentation to FACS - includes some 2 year results

Vertical gastrectomy for morbid obesity in 216 pat...[surg Endosc. 2007] - PubMed Result LapSF Two Year Study

SSAT - SSAT 2008 Annual Meeting Abstracts - Laparoscopic Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy for Morbid Obesity: a Report of a Five-Year Experience with 750 Patients</b> LapSF Five Year Study - abstract only

SSAT - Five Year Study - presentation (requires Windows to play)

Deciphering the sleeve: technique, indications, ef...[Obes Surg. 2008] - PubMed Result Literature review on the sleeve - requires $$ to get the full text unfortunately

http://www.lapsf.com/press/lapsf_study_6_2_05.pdf Sleeve best for over 50 crowd

Vanderbilt University Medical Center Video of a sleeve with lots of education discussion

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Video of a sleeve that is more about the operation

Weight loss, appetite suppression, and changes in ...[Ann Surg. 2008] - PubMed Result Ghrelin levels after RnY and sleeve

http://www.bernhard-ludvik.at/download/pub/2005_ref61.pdf Ghrelin levels after band and sleeve

SpringerLink - Journal Article Diabetes resolution in RnY vs. Sleeve

Comparison Between Laparoscopic Gastric Banding and Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Comparison of band to sleeve - literature review

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