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Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents

  • Department of Pediatric Surgery
  • Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo
  • University of Virginia

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Resumen

Bariatric surgery is increasingly applied to the adolescents with the dramatic increase in obesity in this population. While there are technical similarities to the adult procedures, there are special considerations needed for application to pediatric patients. The interventions most commonly utilized are the gastric bypass and the sleeve gastrectomy. This chapter will review the physiologic, metabolic, and technical point relevant to successful surgical management of the adolescent with obesity. Surgical management of obesity has demonstrated excellent outcomes with improvement in comorbidities.

Idioma originalEnglish
Título de la publicación alojadaThe SAGES Manual of Pediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery
EditorialSpringer Science + Business Media
Páginas633-647
Número de páginas15
ISBN (versión digital)9783319436425
ISBN (versión impresa)9783319436401
DOI
EstadoPublished - 1 ene 2016
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