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2. Gastric bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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   Gastric bypass is indicated for the surgical treatment of morbid obesity, a diagnosis which is made when the patient is seriously obese, has been unable to achieve satisfactory and sustained weight loss by dietary efforts, and has comorbid conditions which are either life-threatening or serious impairment to the quality of life.

3. Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty - Wikipedia

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   In medicine, endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) is a minimally-invasive, non-surgical (incisionless), endoscopic weight loss procedure that is part of the field of endoscopic bariatric therapies. To perform ESG, a physician sutures a patient’s stomach into a narrower, smaller tube-like configuration. [1]

4. Bariatric surgery - Wikipedia

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   The first laparoscopic gastric bypass performed by Alan Wittgrove in 1994 exemplifies this leap in surgical innovation. [96] The SG laparoscopic version was first performed in 1999. [13] Historically, the RYGBP is the best bariatric surgery for obese patients, but now being rivalled by the SG.

5. Weight loss surgery tied to lasting digestive issues

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   Researchers examined data on 249 extremely obese patients who had what's known as laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, which reduces the stomach to a small pouch about the size of an egg ...

6. Vertical banded gastroplasty surgery - Wikipedia

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   Stomach stapling is a restrictive technique for managing obesity. The pouch limits the amount of food a patient can eat at one time and slows passage of the food. Stomach stapling is more effective when combined with a malabsorptive technique, in which part of the digestive tract is bypassed, reducing the absorption of calories and nutrients.

7. SIPS surgery - Wikipedia

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   "A matched cohort analysis of single anastomosis loop duodenal switch versus Roux-en-Y gastric bypass with 18-month follow-up". Surgical Endoscopy . 30 (9): 3958–64.