Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in children younger than 14 years: Refuting the concerns

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 312-319

  Alqahtani, Aayed ^a   Elahmedi, Mohamed ^a   Qahtani, Awadh R Al ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Children and adolescents; Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy; Prepubertal children; Preteens

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955644656     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001278     Document Type: Article

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