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  2. Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty - Wikipedia

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    Long-term after care programs have demonstrated benefit for sustained weight loss after ESG, with one study showing that patients who continued after care visits following ESG had 20.5% total body weight loss compared to 16.9% total body weight loss in those who dropped out of long-term follow up programs. [29]

  3. Bariatric surgery - Wikipedia

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    This procedure is similar to the sleeve gastrectomy surgery, but a sleeve is created by suturing, rather than physically removing stomach tissue. [73] This allows for the natural ability of the stomach to absorb nutrients to remain intact. [73] This procedure is reversible, is a less invasive procedure, and does not use hardware or staples. [74]

  4. Sleeve gastrectomy - Wikipedia

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    Sleeve gastrectomy was originally performed as a modification to another bariatric procedure, the duodenal switch, and then later as the first part of a two-stage gastric bypass operation on extremely obese patients for whom the risk of performing gastric bypass surgery was deemed too large. The initial weight loss in these patients was so ...

  5. SADI-S surgery - Wikipedia

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    The SADI-S is a single anastomosis bariatric surgery. It is different from the classic duodenal switch, the gastric bypass (RNY) or sleeve gastrectomy.It is a type of bariatric surgery carried out to lose weight and to mitigate various metabolic issues including type 2 diabetes, dislipidemia, metabolic syndrome, and polycystic ovary syndrome.

  6. Gastric bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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    Changes in circulating hormone levels after gastric bypass have been hypothesized to produce reductions in food intake and body weight in obese patients. However, these findings remain controversial, and the exact mechanisms by which gastric bypass surgery reduces food intake and body weight have yet to be elucidated.

  7. Billroth II - Wikipedia

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    Billroth II, more formally Billroth's operation II, is an operation in which a partial gastrectomy (removal of the stomach) is performed and the cut end of the stomach is closed.

  8. Revision weight loss surgery - Wikipedia

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    The procedure is normally performed laparoscopically, though in a small minority of instances prior surgery may have resulted in extensive scarring, [6] requiring open surgery. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is a commonly chosen revision technique, [7] particularly in patients who have not been successful in meeting their weight loss goals after ...

  9. Sharon Osbourne: 'I felt like a cheat' after gastric bypass ...

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    Sharon Osbourne opened up about the emotional toll her gastric bypass surgery took on her life, and the unexpected shame she felt after the procedure. Check out photos of the family over the years ...