TY - BOOK AU - Ahmed Mostafa Hassan AU - Amr Ibrahim Fouad , AU - Ashraf Elsebaie Mohamed , AU - Mostafa Ahmed Abuelsoud , TI - Comparative study between laparoscopic adjustable gastric band and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for surgical management of morbid obesity / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ahmed Mostafa Hassan , KW - Laparoscopic adjustable gastric band KW - Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy KW - Surgical management N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of General Surgery; Issued also as CD N2 - Obesity is considered one of the most common global health problems . There are a lot of bariatric surgeries to achieve the desirable weight loss . These operations are classified as either restrictive or malabsorptive , restrictive procedures limit intake by creating a small gastric reservoir with a narrow outlet to delay emptying , malabsorptive procedures bypass varying portions of the small intestine where nutrient absorption occurs ER -