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Hi everyone,

One of the challenges of VSG is it's relative recent adoption vs the by-pass and the band; which leads to limited amount of info on long terms results of the procedure. I managed to stumble accross two studies that have measured the results of patients 8 years out. The results are quite encouraging. The first study shows on average patients managed to keep 46% of the excess weight loss off and the second study shows 68% of excess weight loss off. Here's the links for those of you who are interested.

http://journals.lww.com/annalsofsurgery/Abstract/2012/08000/Laparoscopic_Sleeve_Gastrectomy_for_Super_Obese.12.aspx

http://www.soard.org/article/S1550-7289(11)00579-X/abstract?elsca1=etoc&elsca2=email&elsca3=1550-7289_201211_8_6&elsca4=elsevier

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Wow! That really is great information. Thank you sharing it. (nn)

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That's great! Thanks for sharing.

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Thanks for the great information! Hopefully, more people will learn about the sleeve, and what a great alternative it is to GB.

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the first study used patients with a very large sleeve 50 most surgeons use 32-34 now

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the first study used patients with a very large sleeve 50 most surgeons use 32-34 now

This is even more encouraging!

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Thanks! I was just about to post asking about very long term studies.

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This really helped me feel more comfortable with the choice I'm making, thanks for sharing

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