Bariatric surgery in adolescents with severe obesity

Göthberg G, Bergh C, Dahlgren J, Daxberg EL, Gronowitz E, Nordenström J, Wikberg Adania U, Strandell A
Record ID 32016000584
English
Authors' recommendations: Bariatric surgery in severely obese adolescents compared with non-surgical treatment results in substantial weight loss (GRADE+++0), and may improve health-related quality of life, insulin sensitivity and the metabolic syndrome (GRADE ++00). Short-term complications including additional surgery are common. Long-term morbidity is insufficiently studied. Deaths directly related to the surgical treatment are rare. Ethical considerations include the conflict in treating adolescents with a procedure that will affect them for the rest of their lives without knowledge of long-term effects and complications.
Details
Project Status: Completed
Year Published: 2014
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
MeSH Terms
  • Humans
  • Adolescent
  • Bariatric Surgery
  • Obesity
  • Obesity, Morbid
Contact
Organisation Name: The Regional Health Technology Assessment Centre
Contact Address: The Regional Health Technology Assessment Centre, Region Vastra Gotaland, HTA-centrum, Roda Straket 8, Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset, 413 45 GOTHENBORG, Sweden
Contact Name: hta-centrum@vgregion.se
Contact Email: hta-centrum@vgregion.se
Copyright: The Regional Health Technology Assessment Centre (HTA-centrum), Region Vastra Gotaland
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