Obese and morbidly obese people who may have difficulty maintaining stringent dietary restrictions in the long term. This procedure is suited to a wide range of people.

Advantages:

Recognised as the gold standard of weight loss surgery.

• Typical weight loss is 60-80% on average which is about considerably greater than the gastric band. 
• This procedure is called a ’set and forget’ procedure with no need for regular medical reviews and adjustments like the gastric band.
• People may return to more fibrous solid foods over time such as steak, chicken breast, prawns and bread, which is not possible with the gastric band.
• The gastric sleeve does not cause any changes to food absorption.
• Hospital stay is generally 3 days, predominately for monitoring.
• Requires minimal vitamin and mineral supplementation after the procedure.
• Helps your body to create GLP1 hormone changes which corrects sugar, changes taste sensations
• Allows your body to create PYY hormone changes which suppresses appetite
• Helps your body create Grehlin hormone changes – the hormone which creates hunger

Disadvantages:

• A possible complication associated with this procedure is when leaking occurs from the suture line where the section of the stomach is removed. This generally requires further surgery to repair the leak and monitoring in hospital. New technology and technique has addressed this problem, reducing the risk of this complication to a miniscule number of cases. We have had no leak for the last five years, over 1400 cases.