Adults with obesity who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass achieved a greater excess BMI loss at 10 years compared with those ...

Sleeve gastrectomy is a newer restrictive procedure in which approximately 90% of the stomach is removed, leaving a tubular sleeve between the esophagus and the first portion of the small intestine.

Surgical incisions, in general, are getting much smaller. Laparoscopic, or minimally invasive (keyhole), incisions are much smaller than the traditional open incision and are just large enough to ...

If the surgery is performed openly, the stomach and small intestines are accessed through a large incision in the abdomen. Laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery generally takes approximately 90 minutes ...

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