How much of your stomach was removed?

[Lisa_85 118]

My Doctor removed 80 % of my stomach!!! I just wanted to see how much was removed on you all?

[OKCPirate 5,323]

ditto

[JamieLogical 8,727]

Usually it's not so much about how much was removed, but how much WASN'T. My surgeon used a size 32 French Boogie. But it seems like typical estimates for how much of the stomach is removed in VSG range from 75% to 85%.

[CowgirlJane 14,260]

Not really sure, but seems to have been about the right amount!

[BobbyD 211]

All I know is he got the part that made me hungry!!

[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

Not really sure, didn't ask. There is no way they can accurately say how much the removed, the way they do the surgery, the fact that stomachs are not a uniform size and the way they would have to measure to make that measurement accurate. Not to mention the fact that your stomach is empty when operate, they have no idea how big your stomach really is when full.

Like @@JamieLogical said, the only thing they can semi accurately measure is what is left by estimating with the size french bougie they use. That still is just a guide since they cut close to it but not exactly on it. The differences in the sizes of the bougies are pretty minimal, and there have been studies that long term the weight loss is the same regardless of the size of the bougie.

At least once a month someone comes on here raving about how their small bougie is going to make them a size 0 and how larger bougies are ineffective. The study data doesn't really support that.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26194265#

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24577879#

And to be fair there is one study that says smaller bougie size is associated with greater excessive weight loss, but the size they are using is the mid range size, not the smallest size available.

In the end, once you are healed, past 6 months, it doesn't matter what size your sleeve started at. You can easily abuse a healed stomach with slider foods and liquid calories. A person would just drink milk shakes all day or eat crackers and cakes all day. The sleeve is just a tool to teach better eating habits, long term it won't save people from themselves.

[JamieLogical 8,727]

Yes to everything @@OutsideMatchInside said. Smaller boogies are associated with higher risk of stricture, but not shown to lead to more weight loss long term.

[Lisa_85 118]

Not really sure, didn't ask. There is no way they can accurately say how much the removed, the way they do the surgery, the fact that stomachs are not a uniform size and the way they would have to measure to make that measurement accurate. Not to mention the fact that your stomach is empty when operate, they have no idea how big your stomach really is when full.

Like @@JamieLogical said, the only thing they can semi accurately measure is what is left by estimating with the size french bougie they use. That still is just a guide since they cut close to it but not exactly on it. The differences in the sizes of the bougies are pretty minimal, and there have been studies that long term the weight loss is the same regardless of the size of the bougie.

At least once a month someone comes on here raving about how their small bougie is going to make them a size 0 and how larger bougies are ineffective. The study data doesn't really support that.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26194265#

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24577879#

And to be fair there is one study that says smaller bougie size is associated with greater excessive weight loss, but the size they are using is the mid range size, not the smallest size available.

In the end, once you are healed, past 6 months, it doesn't matter what size your sleeve started at. You can easily abuse a healed stomach with slider foods and liquid calories. A person would just drink milk shakes all day or eat crackers and cakes all day. The sleeve is just a tool to teach better eating habits, long term it won't save people from themselves.

I never seen this used before!!!

[shrinkingkimber 200]

Bougie is a fun word...just throwing that out there. Bougie.

[sebastian2015 23]

All I know is he got the part that made me hungry!!

he left the part the makes me hungry !

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[sebastian2015 23]

Bougie is a fun word...just throwing that out there. Bougie.

sharply thrown ????

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[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

Bougie bougie bougie!

[bikrchk 1,313]

I was told mine does a 90% sleeve. Doesn't seem possible I've lived for 2 and 1/2 years with a 90% reduction but I sure have. Thrived in fact!

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[Ilovecats1985 100]

80%

[liannatx 897]

Not sure... he used a 32 Bougie.