A Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy, commonly known as a Gastric Sleeve is one of the most common bariatric procedures today. Is a restrictive type of Weight Loss Surgery that permanently reduces the size of the stomach, thereby limiting food intake as well as the sensation of hunger.

Gastric sleeve is performed laparoscopically and the surgeon removes approximately 80 percent of the patient’s stomach, leaving only a tube (or “sleeve”) for the new and smaller stomach pouch. The new stomach is then stapled, and the small intestine is left intact. As the removed portion of the stomach is where the hunger-stimulating hormone ghrelin is produced, the Gastric Sleeve not only limits the amount of food, but also relieves you from the Hunger Sensation.