Sleeve gastrectomy is a type of gastric volume reduction surgery for severely obese patients.
1. Sleeve gastrectomy is a type of gastric surgery in which the greater curvature of the stomach is partially cut out vertically using laparoscopy, leaving only the smaller lesser curvature of the stomach, thus significantly reducing the volume of the stomach, which can lead to symptoms such as loss of appetite after the surgery, thus effectively suppressing weight gain.
2. The main feature of sleeve gastrectomy is that it does not change the normal shape of the digestive tract, but is also able to achieve the effect of weight loss in severely obese people. The surgery is overall simpler, less risky, with relatively fewer complications and better therapeutic effects.
Therefore, sleeve gastrectomy can achieve a more desirable weight loss in patients with a high body mass index who have difficulty reducing their food intake.