Hi everyone,

One of the challenges of VSG is it's relative recent adoption vs the by-pass and the band; which leads to limited amount of info on long terms results of the procedure. I managed to stumble accross two studies that have measured the results of patients 8 years out. The results are quite encouraging. The first study shows on average patients managed to keep 46% of the excess weight loss off and the second study shows 68% of excess weight loss off. Here's the links for those of you who are interested.

http://journals.lww.com/annalsofsurgery/Abstract/2012/08000/Laparoscopic_Sleeve_Gastrectomy_for_Super_Obese.12.aspx

http://www.soard.org/article/S1550-7289(11)00579-X/abstract?elsca1=etoc&elsca2=email&elsca3=1550-7289_201211_8_6&elsca4=elsevier

Wow! That really is great information. Thank you sharing it. (nn)

That's great! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the great information! Hopefully, more people will learn about the sleeve, and what a great alternative it is to GB.

the first study used patients with a very large sleeve 50 most surgeons use 32-34 now

the first study used patients with a very large sleeve 50 most surgeons use 32-34 now

This is even more encouraging!

Thanks! I was just about to post asking about very long term studies.

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This really helped me feel more comfortable with the choice I'm making, thanks for sharing