http://www.medpagetoday.com/Endocrinology/Obesity/40490

"Obese patients who have laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy keep the weight off in the long run, researchers found.

In a single-center study, patients who underwent the procedure lost an average 57.4% of excessive body mass index (BMI) over 5 years, Ralph Peterli, MD, of Claraspital in Basel in Switzerland, and colleagues reported online in the journal Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases.

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, first developed about a decade ago, "was initially intended to be a primary intervention in high-risk patients before laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass or as the first step of biliopancreatic diversion duodenal switch," the authors noted in their introduction. But evidence has been mounting that sleeve gastrectomy itself is an effective surgery for weight loss."

Thanks for posting this. I really hope to do better than the statistics, though. I wish someone would do a study as to what the habits of those people are. I wonder if they only keep off 60% of their weight because they still over eat some, or if the weight just won't come off. I know some people here have lost 100% of excess weight, but they are all diligent. I wonder how many people are diligent and never lose 100%. I guess I should do a study

That 57% is the average... some keep off less, some more.... I have seen the habits of people who keep weight loss off posted here, but it is about anybody that loses weight, not just the sleeve. Would be interesting to know if there are special rules for those with the sleeve....

This is encouraging I know that we still have to be diligent and focus on clean eating. Hope more studies come out.