Weight Doctors® GLP-1 pharmacotherapyMedication-based, no procedure3–12 months · from €599Medically supervised pharmacotherapy with regular progress monitoring – with no procedure at all.
No procedure

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In September 2021, Weight Doctors® introduced the Weight Doctors SLEEVE® across Germany: a permanent stomach reduction without surgery that can be adapted in three stages to your goal and starting point.

Medically reviewed byPriv.-Doz. Dr. med. Dörte WichmannSpecialist in visceral surgery & expert in endobariatricsLast updated:
Current status: Weight Doctors SLEEVE® is now available as Endo-Sleeve, Extended Sleeve and Extended Sleeve+ with pose® 3.0 Double Helix or OverStitch NXT™; the current variants, BMI recommendations and prices are on the Weight Doctors SLEEVE® page.
In 2021, Weight Doctors® treated overweight and obesity minimally invasively at nine locations in Germany – with permanent and time-limited stomach reductions as an aid to sustainable weight loss. In September 2021, Weight Doctors SLEEVE® was added: a permanent stomach reduction without surgery using endoscopic procedures.
With Weight Doctors SLEEVE®, the stomach is gathered from the inside into a kind of gastric sleeve using a worldwide patented thread-and-anchor technique, and its volume is reduced by up to 75%. The procedure is usually outpatient without a clinic stay, requires no incisions and leaves no scars. Patients can return to their daily routine after a short time.
What was new about Weight Doctors SLEEVE® was that it can be applied more or less restrictively – depending on desired weight and weight-loss goal, pre-existing conditions and personal habits. It can thus be tailored entirely to the individual, with the aim of permanently stable results.
Three variants were available. They are coordinated modularly: a more restrictive variant can follow later if needed.
Weight Doctors SLEEVE® is particularly suitable for people who want to attract as little attention as possible in their work and family life while losing weight and who need to be fit again quickly. It may be an option from a body mass index (BMI) of 27. With a very high BMI, a surgical gastric sleeve is a further option.
Besides the procedure itself, treatment at Weight Doctors® included:
You can arrange no-obligation consultation appointments on the toll-free number 0800 84 84 777 (from abroad: +49 231 58 98 3200) or directly online. You choose the form of the initial consultation yourself: in person on site at one of our centres, by video or by phone.

GLP-1 medications have changed the treatment of obesity. In the ENDO Podcast, Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Dörte Wichmann explains the place endoscopic procedures have today – and what comes next.
1 min

Gastric sleeve, gastric bypass or Weight Doctors SLEEVE®: how the stomach reduction procedures work, how they differ and which option suits whom.
5 min

Endoscopic stomach reduction and GLP-1 therapy together: what a 2024 study shows about the combination, how the SLEEVE procedures work and who this path may be an option for.
8 min
* For patients with German statutory health insurance: if the medical indication is established in line with the DGAV guidelines, reimbursement may be possible.
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Weight Doctors® GLP-1 pharmacotherapyMedication-based, no procedure3–12 months · from €599Medically supervised pharmacotherapy with regular progress monitoring – with no procedure at all.
No procedure
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No surgeryHealth insurance cover also possible*
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* For patients with German statutory health insurance: if the medical indication is established in line with the DGAV guidelines, reimbursement may be possible.