Why Gastric Sleeve is the Favorite Weight Loss Operation

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Post updated November 2020. In 2010 <10% of weight loss operations were sleeve gastrectomy operations. In just three short years, the sleeve went from a distant third place in popularity, significantly behind both the gastric bypass and LAP-BAND®, to first place. It has remained in first place ever since.

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The Rise of the Gastric Sleeve

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The gastric sleeve operation has gone from <10% of weight loss operations performed in the U.S. to the majority of operations performed in just 3-4 years. The rapidity of this increase in gastric sleeve popularity is extraordinary. Let’s look at the data. There are three graphs below from three different sources that demonstrate the rise of…

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Why Did MasterChef Graham Elliot Choose Gastric Sleeve?

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MasterChef judge Graham Elliot recently underwent sleeve gastrectomy surgery. What I find interesting about his story is not so much his decision to have weight loss surgery, but his choice of the sleeve gastrectomy given his career as a professional chef. Most of Graham’s story is the typical weight loss surgery story. He struggled with…

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