Gastric Sleeve Gets News Coverage
The gastric sleeve (also known as a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy) has been getting an increasing amount of news coverage lately. The most recent story I’ve stumbled across is this one in the Palm Beach Post online.
This article explains how gastric sleeve surgeries work to reduce the patient’s weight. The article also points out the lack of long-term data on the success rates of gastric sleeve procedures.
Article excerpt:
Research presented at the bariatric conference in San Diego, however, shows that sleeve gastrectomy … is generally safe and, at least in the short term, effective in helping quell appetite and combat obesity. “There are upcoming papers that have five-year data, so we’re getting tantalizingly close to being able to make a statement on intermediate efficacy,” Hutcher says.
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June 25, 2007 4:42 pm