Facts about Sleeve Gastrectomy surgery for morbidly obese individuals:
Sleeve gastrectomy or gastric sleeve will cause faster weight loss than lap band and it will allow for more weight loss. You will also see results sooner
Sleeve gastrectomy has a better cure rate for diabetes and sleep apnoeas than lap band surgery
Sleeve gastrectomy does not require regular adjustments. No plastic materials are left behind after surgery
Sleeve gastrectomy has had good long term results since 2004 – with most patients maintaining their weight loss
Sleeve gastrectomy allows people to eat anything, but in smaller amounts, usually about one third of what they used to eat
Dr. Ken Wong and the Central Coast Surgery clinic has performed over one hundred sleeve gastrectomy surgeries
Is also known as the gastric sleeve or tube gastrectomy
Has very few complications after the first two weeks of surgery
Can be converted into gastric bypass if desired
Is performed by keyhole surgery – usually involving just a two night stay in hospital. Most patients are back driving their car within ten days of surgery
On average, the operating time for sleeve gastrectomy or gastric sleeve is about two hours under general anaesthetic
Safe operation: the risk of death after gastric sleeve or sleeve gastrectomy is about 0.5%
