Concerns during Initiation of Sleeve Gastrectomy in a Laparoscopic Bariatric Program: A Single Surgeon's Initial Experience and Review of Latest Literature

Among the existing weight-loss procedures, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy has gained increasing popularity in the past decade, due to its remarkable results concerning EWL and resolution of comorbidities. Also because it seems fast and easy and doesn’t have the burden of often visits and adjustments as it used to be with the cases of gastric banding. However, most of major concerns for a team initiating with sleeve gastrectomy, still remain subjects of major controversy among authors. Our aim in this paper is to present a single surgeon’s technique and initial results with laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and review the latest literature for main concerns of a novice team.