title: Sleeve gastrectomy.
abstract: Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) was originally performed as the restrictive component of the duodenal switch procedure. This partial vertical gastrectomy served to reduce gastric capacity and initiate short-term weight loss while the malabsorptive component of the operation (biliopancreatic diversion) provided the long-term weight loss. Some patients, however, could not undergo the intestinal bypass, and early investigations found that substantial weight loss occurred with the SG alone. The sleeve then developed into a risk management strategy for very large or high-risk patients who would not tolerate a longer or higher-risk procedure.
authors: Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, M61, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. brethas@ccf.org
authors: Stacy A
authors: SA
authors: Brethauer
mesh_terms: D057868:Anastomotic Leak / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D015897:Comorbidity; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology; D004210:Dissection / Q000379:methods; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D054439:Ghrelin / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery; D017792:Surgical Stapling; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D015431:Weight Loss
chemical_list: D054439:Ghrelin