Gastric banding is based on the principle of forming a small volume pouch near the stomach by wrapping the fundus with various synthetic grafts. The main purpose is to limit oral intake. Due to the fact that it is a ...

Initially sleeve gastrectomy (SG) was performed as an open procedure in 1988, known as Hess and Marceau's technique, which is actually the first stage of the bilio-pancreatic diversion-duodenal switch (BPD-DS). It was ...