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2. Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty - Wikipedia

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   When enough full-thickness bites have been taken for a suture row, a cinch is passed through the scope over the suture. Typically, sutures are placed starting at the border of the antrum and gastric body at the incisura, then placed proximally up to the border of the gastric body and fundus. Each row of sutures can be a straight line or one of ...

3. Sleeve gastrectomy - Wikipedia

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   Sleeve gastrectomy or vertical sleeve gastrectomy, is a surgical weight-loss procedure, typically performed laparoscopically, in which approximately 75 - 85% of the stomach is removed, [1] [2] along the greater curvature, [3] which leaves a cylindrical, or "sleeve"-shaped stomach the size of a banana.

4. Bariatric surgery - Wikipedia

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   Rapid weight loss after obesity surgery can contribute to the development of gallstones, especially at 6 and 18 months. [27] [29] Estimates for prevalence of symptomatic gallstones after Roux-En-Y gastric bypass range from 3–13%. [18] The risk of gallstones following bariatric surgery has shown to be higher among those of the female sex. [50]

5. I lost 45 pounds in 3 months — thanks to a ‘game ... - AOL

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   “In a gastric bypass, you make the stomach smaller and then redirect the food channel,” Dr. Chad Carlton of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano, who performed the surgery on Yerrid ...

6. Gastrectomy - Wikipedia

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   The alkaline environment causes the retained gastric tissue to produce acid, which may result in ulcers in a rare complication known as retained antrum syndrome. All patients lose weight after gastrectomy, although the extent of weight loss is dependent on the extent of surgery (total gastrectomy vs partial gastrectomy) and the pre-operative BMI.

7. Sharon Osbourne: I Was ‘Sick for Months’ While Using Weight ...

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   Osbourne — who is a colon cancer survivor — has also opened up about undergoing gastric band surgery in 1999. While the procedure helped her lose more than 100 pounds, she confessed it wasn ...