Vertical banded gastroplasty, is one of the two major types of operations recognized by the NIH for the treatment of clinically severe obesity. It is a purely restrictive procedure with no malabsorptive effect.
Gastroplasty is what people sometimes call "stomach stapling." It creates a small pouch by sealing off a section of the stomach with surgical staples in addition to placing a band around the opening between the pouch and the rest of the stomach, ...
Vertical Banded Gastroplasty
This type of surgery combines "stomach stapling" with gastric banding. Because of its higher complication rate and lower rates of weight loss, vertical banded gastroplasty is rarely performed today.
Surgery Guide: Vertical Banded Gastroplasty
This surgery combines aspects of stomach stapling and gastric banding, according to About.com surgery guide, Jennifer Heisler, RN.
More than five million Americans meet the definition of "morbid obesity" -so fat that they qualify for a radical surgical technique known as gastroplasty, a reduction of the stomach so that they can't eat as much.
“Laparoscopic Vertical Banding Gastroplasty Safe and Effective for Morbid Obesity.” Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week.January 19, 2003: 29.
A serious medical procedure, stomach stapling (also know as Vertical Banded Gastroplasty, or VBG), involves using a band and staples to create a smaller stomach pouch. With a smaller stomach, it is much harder to overeat.
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Vertical-Banded Gastroplasty: A restrictive operation in which a band and staples are used to create a small stomach pouch.
 See also: Obesity, Diet, Health, Weight loss, Eating
  
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