Surgery for severely obese adolescents: Further insight from the American Society for Bariatric Surgery

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 253-254

  Wittgrove, Alan C ^a  

^a American Society for Bariatric Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; GASTRIC BANDING; HUMAN; MORBID OBESITY; NOTE; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGEON; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT EDUCATION; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042752785     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.114.1.253     Document Type: Note

References (2)

1. Inge TH, Krebs NF, Garcia VF, et al. Bariatric surgery for severely overweight adolescents: concerns and recommendations. Pediatrics 2004; 114:217-223
2. NIH Conference. Gastrointestinal surgery for severe obesity. Consensus Development Conference Panel. Ann Intern Med. 1991;115:956-961