Bariatric surgery in the management of childhood obesity: Should there be an age limit?

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 114-117

  Dan, Dilip ^c   Harnanan, Dave ^a   Seetahal, Shiva ^a,c   Naraynsingh, Vijay ^b   Teelucksingh, Surujpal ^b  

^a San Fernando General Hospital   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c NONE   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Childhood; Obesity; Pediatric; Sleeve gastrectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BLOUNT DISEASE; BODY MASS; BONE BOWING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE COURSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRIC BANDING; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MORBID OBESITY; PARENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; JOINT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALITY;

EID: 73949146013     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-009-9996-2     Document Type: Article

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