Sleeve gastrectomy
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Sleeve gastrectomy, laparoscopic or sleeve gastrectomy, is a surgery that has been performed worldwide for over 25 years, in which through laparoscopic surgery, one incision of one centimeter and three incisions of five millimeters, 80% of the stomach is removed, achieving basically three things. First, that food portions are much smaller and that satiety is reached more quickly. Second, by removing a portion of the stomach that produces 92% of the hormone ghrelin, which is responsible for anxiety, satiety, and part of appetite. And third, making a metabolic change in patients that is accompanied not only by weight loss but also by the improvement of all diseases associated with obesity, such as metabolic syndrome.