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The newest weight-loss procedure to be introduced is known as Gastric Sleeve Plication (The Stomach Sparing Gastric Sleeve™). Some are promoting this as “the most exciting advancement in weight loss surgery since adjustable gastric banding.”

Basically, the procedure can best be understood as a version of the more popular gastric sleeve or gastrectomy surgery where a sleeve is created by suturing rather than removing stomach tissue thus preserving its natural nutrient absorption capabilities. The procedure is producing some significant results and now represents half of all weight loss surgeries performed at the OCC Medical Center in Baja Mexico.

These findings were published in a recent study in Bariatric Times and are based on post-operative outcomes for 66 patients (44 female) who had the gastric sleeve plication procedure between January 2007 and March 2010. Mean patient age was 34, with a mean BMI of 35. Follow-up visits for the assessment of safety and weight loss were scheduled at regular intervals in the postoperative period. No major complications were reported among the 66 patients. Weight loss outcomes are comparable to gastric bypass.

The study describes gastric sleeve plication (also referred to as gastric imbricaiton or laparoscopic greater curvature plication) as a restrictive technique that eliminates the complications associated with adjustable gastric banding and vertical sleeve gastrectomy—it does this by creating restriction without the use of implants and without gastric resection (cutting) and staples.

The authors of the Bariatric Times study present gastric sleeve plication as an alternative procedure that can be as restrictive as sleeve gastrectomy with no staple line or prostheses, and as an ideal revision surgery for LAP-BAND® based on the reduction in known complications.

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