Reversal of morbid obesity in adolescents combining laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy with a multidisciplinary treatment program

Author(s): Maheshwari D*

Obesity has become one of the most important public health problems in children and adolescents. Standard treatment for obesity in adolescents repeatedly shows only modest weight lost and surgery has become the last option for many morbidly obese adolescents. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is a bariatric surgery that has shown good results with a relatively low rate of complications in morbidly obese adults. Currently, data on the efficiency of this procedure in the pediatric age is still scarce

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