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WEIGHT LOSS PLATEAU AFTER SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY: WHAT NOW?

posted by ramana On June - 30 - 2010 1 COMMENT

Weight loss plateaus may occur in certain patients who have undergone a sleeve gastrectomy as a primary bariatric procedure. What are the causes? What is the next step? What is the prognosis for these patients? This article discusses these issues. Please buckle your seat belts! First things first, who doesn’t know what a sleeve (as [...]

DIET AFTER A SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY–PART ONE

posted by ramana On September - 18 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

The sleeve gastrectomy operation converts the stomach into a long tube with a capacity of around 120 ml (or whereabouts). Obviously, you cannot exceed the newly reduced capacity, and your meals are going to be small, though much bigger than after a gastric bypass.  To make matters better (and more interesting) you do not feel [...]