The general age range for Sleeve Gastrectomy is 18-70. If there is a serious life-threatening obesity problem, surgery can be performed with the approval of doctors and parents in people under 18 years of age.

Postoperative pain will be minimal since the Sleeve Gastrectomy will be performed with a closed laproscopy method. There may be a slight pain sensation in the holes opened around the stomach.

Approximately 80% of excess weight is lost within 1-2 years after Sleeve Gastrectomy. However, this rate may vary from person to person. With regular exercises, the rate of weight lost will increase.

Since sleeve gastrectomy is performed with closed surgery (laparoscopy) method with small incisions, very small incision scars remain in the abdominal area and these scars disappear in a few months.

It is predicted that those who have sleeve gastrectomy will lose 60% of their excess weight within 1 year after surgery. The weight gain rate after sleeve gastrectomy is around 15%. For this reason, not only specialist surgeons but also dieticians and psychologists should take part in preventing those who have sleeve gastrectomy from gaining weight again.