article_snippet: A new technique that involves folding the stomach into pleats is being tested as a potentially less risky form of weight-loss surgery.
article_snippet: A new technique that involves folding the stomach into pleats involves no incisions, the entire procedure can be done via a tube passed down the throat and the patient can go home the same day.
article_snippet: the surgery does not require any incisions to be made and involves folding the stomach into pleats, shrinking the stomach and preventing the stomach expanding to accommodate food .
article_snippet: Currently, the procedures most often performed involve using a gastric band that reduces the stomach size, so less food is needed to make you feel full, or a gastric bypass.
article_snippet: This involves re-routing the stomach to join a lower section of the intestines, reducing the size of the stomach and bypassing part of the small intestine, cutting the amount of calories and nutrients absorbed.
article_snippet: The other option is a sleeve gastrectomy, involving removal of part of the stomach.
article_snippet: Once in place, Once in place is used to gather up the stomach wall and lining.
article_snippet: A stitch is pushed through the gathered tissue and A stitchanchors’ placed on either side to hold the fold in place.
article_snippet: The process is repeated, making several folds to shrink the stomach and prevent the stomach expanding to accommodate food.
highlights_snippet: Technique folds the stomach into pleats, preventing expansion for food .
  