RT Book, Section
A1 Holterman, Mark
A1 Browne, Allen
A1 Holterman, Ai-Xuan
A2 Ziegler, Moritz M.
A2 Azizkhan, Richard G.
A2 Allmen, Daniel von
A2 Weber, Thomas R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1100434316
T1 Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents
T2 Operative Pediatric Surgery, 2e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-162723-8
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1100434316
RD 2024/04/24
AB The  etiology  of  obesity  is  multifactorial.Obesity  is  a  chronic  disease  with  short-term  and  long-term  medical  and  psychosocial  morbidity.Morbid  obesity  may  lead  to  shortened  life  expectancy.No  child  chooses  to  be  obese.The  obese  child  and  adolescent  are  not  the  same  as  the  obese  adult.Medical  weight  loss  programs  are  not  effective.Bariatric  surgery  in  adolescents  is  safe  and  effective.Low-risk  surgical  options  are  available  and  effective  for  the  majority  of  obese  adolescents.Weight  management  surgery  is  best  practiced  in  collaboration  with  a  multidisciplinary  team.Individual  bariatric  procedures  can  be  chosen  for  the  individual  obese  adolescent.Collaborative  studies  are  needed  to  advance  bariatric  surgery  for  adolescents.