The evaluation of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for morbid obesity and the international expert panel consensus statement        TANG Zhao-hui*, Mustafa Hussain, Vivek N. Prachand, et al. *Department of General Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine,Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai200092, China
Corresponding author: QUAN Zhi-wei, E-mail:zhiwquan@yahoo.com.cn
Abstract    Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy(LSG) is an emerging surgical approach and has been a surge in popularity because of its perceived technical simplicity, feasibility, and good outcomes. We think it may be more useful for treatment of morbid obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus in Asian. The international expert panel consensus statement represents the best practice guidelines for the performance of LSG and supports a first effort toward the standardization of techniques and adoption of working recommendations formulated according to expert experience.