Treatment is carried out under general anaesthesia in an operation that takes between 60 and 90 minutes. The procedure is performed via 5 small incisions on the abdomen. A stapling device is used to remove up to 80%* of the volume of the stomach, to leave a slender tube that maintains the natural openings to and from the stomach. After a 2 night stay in hospital you will be discharged to recover at home. Because no surgery is performed on the intestines, the digestive system functions normally.Unlike patients who have had a gastric bypass, gastric sleeve patients do not suffer from severe vitamin deficiencies, food restrictions or malabsorption.
* results may differ from person to person and wont be the same for everyone.
