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Sleeve gastrectomy is a surgical procedure to lose weight. This method reduces the size of stomach to about 15% of its original size.

How does it work ?

• Sleeve gastrectomy greatly reduces the size of the stomach and limits the amount of food that can be eaten at one time.

• It does not cause decreased absorption of nutrients or bypass the intestines

• It causes a decrease in appetite as patients feel full after eating very small amounts of food.

• It reduces the amount of the "hunger hormone," ghrelin, produced by the stomach

What is Involved ?

Sleeve gastrectomy is a very straightforward procedure with low complication rates

• It involves making five or six small incisions in the abdomen.

• Performed using a video camera (laparoscope) and long instruments that are placed through these small incisions

• During the sleeve gastrectomy, about 75 percent of the stomach is removed leaving a narrow gastric tube or �sleeve�.

• No intestines are removed or bypassed during the sleeve gastrectomy.

• This procedure takes one to two hours to complete.

Dr. Rakesh Kumar Sinha is one of the leading laparoscopic surgeons in the country and endeavours to make laparoscopy equally accessible to everyone who needs it, from all walks of life. He has spent twenty years in the service of medicine and is committed not only to treatment of people but also to their care and holistic well-being

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