There are multiple choices for a surgeon and their patient when it comes to weight loss surgery. One of those options is a procedure called a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). In this procedure the majority of the patient's stomach is removed leaving behind a stapled sleeve about the same size as the patient's esophagus.~During this procedure there are three main devices that surgeon inserts through the mouth and in to the stomach to calibrate the size of the sleeve. They can use a standard weighted bougie, an endoscope, or a suction calibration device. This study aims to compare the difference in staple usage and post-operative GERD (heartburn) between patients that had an endoscope used versus patients that had a suction calibration system used on them during LSG.
This study aims to compare the difference in staple usage and post-operative GERD (heartburn) between patients that had an endoscope used versus patients that had a suction calibration system used on them during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG).