ASMBS Updates Position on Sleeve!

This is good news!  It may help folks get approval from insurance companies!
http://www.asmbs.org/Newsite07/resources/Updated_Position_St atement_on_Sleeve_Gastrectomy.pdf

Thank you for posting this!

Hi  that was released in November of 09 so it is a good thing but a lot of companies are still saying the sleeve is investigational/experimental.  I refer to this in my appeal letter to my insurance company,  I think in December there is another conference and FINALLY it should be a done deal by then, a lot of surgeon's web pages you go to say this is going to be the golden standard soon.   So thats a wonderful thing,  i don't want to wait that long however, so say a prayer for me and people in the same boat as i am.