What are the advantages of Sleeve gastrectomy?

• Normal gastrointestinal anatomy is preserved.
• Ghrelin (appetite hormone) is reduced and patient has less appetite.
• Operation time is short.
• Technique is simple.
• Hospital stay is short.
• No requirement for long life vitamin and mineral supplementations.
• No foreign body left in abdomen.
• Less chance of ulceration.
• No dumping syndrome.
• Accessible gastric lumen with endoscopy