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If a person eat as if he made a sleeve gastrectomy, will the stomach shrink by its own or no? please need an answer?

Q: if a person eat as if he made a sleeve gastrectomy, will the stomach shrink by its own or no? please need an answer?

: One can not 'eat like a sleeve gastrectomy'. The stomach does not shrink if supplied with food.

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Dr. Birendra Tandan answered

One can not 'eat like a sleeve gastrectomy'. The stomach does not shrink if supplied with food.

Answered 9/16/2022

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A member asked:

If a person eat as if he made a sleeve gastrectomy, will the stomach shrink by its own or no? please need an answer?

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Dr. Birendra Tandan answered

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