Hello dear fellow bandsters..

since almost all of you re reading a lot of stuff about the bariatric surgeries (in your effort to learn more about the band) i wonder if you have a personal opinion about the sleeve gastrectomy or if some of you you would prefer that operation than the band.

thanks for your answers

I have heard of it, but not sure exactly what it involves.

If as the name implies, it involves a sleeve that goes over the stomach to reduce the overall size, I think it sounds bloody brilliant.

Actually the surgery involves removing half the stomach and leaving a long tubular shaped stomach.

I consulted with my bariatric surgeon on this surgery vs the bypass and he said one is restrictive (sleeve) and one is both restrictive and malabsorptive (bypass). He did comment and say the Sleeve is like doing half a bypass.

I was opting for the Sleeve but he said with me and my circumstances he felt I would benefit more from the Bypass. He didn't have anything bad to say about the Sleeve though other than to say the long term results are not there to determine just how effective it will be in the future. The bypass has long term data to review.

He did comment and say the Sleeve is like doing half a bypass.I was opting for the Sleeve but he said with me and my circumstances he felt I would benefit more from the Bypass. He didn't have anything bad to say about the Sleeve though other than to say the long term results are not there to determine just how effective it will be in the future. The bypass has long term data to review.

thanks for your answer.

i would like to know if anyone else has anything to add in Pennys post.

or is it also a common procedure in USA?