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Anatomy of the StomachOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Obesity is a preventable disease that affects about one third of the world’s population. It is defined as accumulation of excessive fat tissue which impairs health and leads to many complications in human such as diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular system disease, musculoskeletal disorders, metabolic syndrome, and psychiatric disorders. Poor diet, genetic predisposition, advancing age and restricted physical activities lead to increase incidences of obesity, indicating that obesity is a multifactorial disorder. Lately, surgery has been one of the ways to maintain weight loss. Surgical procedures depend on limiting food consumption, decreasing the absorption of the ingested food or both. All surgical techniques have many short- and long-term complications, that increase the search for less aggressive solutions. The number of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) performed worldwide has grown greatly over the last decade, because it appears to be an easier and safer technique. It is done by dividing the stomach vertically along the greater curvature, so the greater curvature and fundus are removed. During sleeve gastrectomy, about 75% of the stomach is removed, leaving a tube-shaped stomach about the size and shape of a banana.