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Sleeve gastrectomy—the ideal choice for weight-loss surgery

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The use of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy has increased steadily over the past 10 years. A recent evaluation of its effectiveness by Carlin and colleagues suggests that this type of bariatric surgery is a viable alternative to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and laparoscopic gastric banding.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Hopital du Sacre Coeur, 315 Place D'Youville, Montreal, H2Y 0A4, QC, Canada

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M. Gagner has been a speaker for Covidien, Ethicon, Gore, MID and Transenterix.

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Gagner, M. Sleeve gastrectomy—the ideal choice for weight-loss surgery. Nat Rev Endocrinol 9, 382–384 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2013.100

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