One way to tackle obesity is with bariatric surgery. This type of surgery involves removing or reducing the size of your stomach. Bariatric surgery typically leads to rapid weight loss. Gastric sleeve ...

A sleeve gastrectomy, also called gastric sleeve surgery or vertical sleeve gastrectomy, is a weight loss (bariatric) surgery. This a gastric restrictive procedure, which is a type of weight loss ...

Credit: Getty Images Our easy-to-read fact sheet provides an overview of weight loss surgical procedures, such as gastric sleeve and gastric bypass. Our easy-to-read fact sheets provide clinicians ...

A gastric sleeve procedure surgically decreases the size of the stomach. People who undergo this operation feel fuller faster, so it significantly reduces overeating. After surgery, a person’s stomach ...

Also called sleeve gastrectomy, this is a weight loss surgery that removes a large part of your stomach and leaves a small "sleeve” behind so you become less hungry and eat fewer calories. The gastric ...