What is Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy OR Gastric Sleeve Surgery?

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is a type of weight-loss surgery/bariatric surgery. As the name suggests it can be performed through key-hole method (laparoscopy). In this technique 4 to 5 tiny cuts of half to one cm are made on the abdomen and the whole surgery is performed through these. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy or  Gastric Sleeve Surgery

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is a type of weight-loss/bariatric surgery. As the name suggests it can be performed through key-hole method (laparoscopy). In this technique 4 to 5 tiny cuts of half to one cm are made on the abdomen and the entire surgery is performed through that. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy can also be performed in

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Surgery is undoubtedly one of the most intriguing branches of medicine. This is probably the only stream where a knife that symbolises the epitome of violence is ironically used for healing. As surgeons we use the instruments meant to kill people, to do the exactly opposite… to save them. More often than not, surgery is

Author: Miloni Sancheti (RD) Bariatric Nutritionist and Diabetic Educator Bariatric/weight loss surgery is a life changing procedure. It is the only proven method for sustained weight loss in patients suffering from clinically severe obesity (BMI ≥ 37.5 kg/m2). Almost all bariatric/weight loss procedures restrict the amount of food one can consume in one meal. This

Clinically severe obesity is the harbinger of multiple diseases that affect a person from head to toe (literally). Yet a person suffering from obesity is not extended the same sympathy that patients suffering from other diseases get. This is the first time in the history of medicine that a disease has reached epidemic proportions and yet

Obesity is the harbinger of many diseases. One of them is “cancer”, the emperor of all maladies. There is increasing evidence that obesity is a risk factor for developing many types of cancers. Obese women are more prone to developing certain gynaecologic and breast cancers as compared to normal weight women. Problems don’t end here