Sentences with phrase «sleeve gastrectomy operations»

Further surgery or interventions were needed in 22 % of gastric bypasses and 16 % of sleeve gastrectomy operations.

Gastric bypasses and sleeve gastrectomy operations perform similarly: patients lose two - thirds of their excess weight in the long term, as researchers from the University of Basel at the St. Claraspital report in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

Not exact matches

Those whose surgeons chose to perform a sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass or duodenal switch operation were more likely to achieve a BMI under 30 than those who had adjustable gastric bands placed around their stomachs.

The operations included gastric bypass (57 %), gastric banding (23 %), sleeve gastrectomy (19 %) and duodenal switch (1 %).