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An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including adolescent bariatric surgery, transumbilical method for mesenteric closure after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), and the New Life Center for Bariatric Surgery in Knoxville, Tennessee.
- Adult gastric banding: implication for adolescents. Bauchner, Howard // Archives of Disease in Childhood;Oct2006, Vol. 91 Issue 10, p871
The article summarizes a study on adult gastric banding and its implications for adolescents, as published in a 2006 issue of the "Journal Watch Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine." It is recommended that morbidly obese postpubertal adolescents should consider surgery. They should also undergo...
- NIH will study adolescent bariatric surgery. // Contemporary Pediatrics;May2007, Vol. 24 Issue 5, p18
The article reports on the commencement of an observational study by the U.S. National Institutes of Health to assess the benefits and risks of bariatric surgery in adolescents. According to the article, the aim is to determine whether the treatment is appropriate for morbidly obese teenagers....
- Increasing Utilization of Laparoscopic Gastric Banding in the Adolescent: Data from Academic Medical Centers, 2002-2009. NGUYEN, NINH T.; KARIPINENI, FARAH; MASOOMI, HOSSEIN; LAUGENOUR, KELLY; REAVIS, KEVIN; HOHMANN, SAMUEL; VARELA, ESTEBAN // American Surgeon;Nov2011, Vol. 77 Issue 11, p1510
Bariatric surgery in the adolescent continues to be a controversial topic. This study compared the utilization and perioperative outcomes of adolescent bariatric surgery performed at academic centers from 2002 to 2006 versus 2007 to 2009.We obtained data from the University HealthSystem...
- Laparoscopic Gastric Banding: An Option for Very Obese Teens? // Eating Disorders Review;Mar/Apr2010, Vol. 21 Issue 2, p8
The article discusses research on the efficacy of laparoscopic gastric banding versus lifestyle modification in 50 severely obese patients. It references a study by Doctor P. E. O'Brien and colleagues at Monash University Medical School, Melbourne, published in a 2010 issue of the "Journal of...
- Can peer mentors help teens lose weight? new strategies for combatting teen obesity. // Biomedical Market Newsletter;10/10/2011, Vol. 21, p284
The article reports on the study published in "Childhood Obesity," which shows that mentoring and education targeted at obese adolescents and provided by peers in high schools have impact on teens' physical activity and diet.
- Inpatient treatment of obese children: a multicomponent programme without stringent calorie restriction. Braet, Caroline; Tanghe, Ann; Bode, Patrick De; Franckx, Hilde; Winckel, Myriam Van // European Journal of Pediatrics;2003, Vol. 162 Issue 6, p391
This prospective clinical case-control study describes the effect of an inpatient multicomponent treatment programme for obese children and adolescents on their weight and psychological well being. We studied 38 patients and 38 controls on the waiting list, matched for age and gender, referred...
- Obesity surgery becoming popular choice locally to reduce medical costs. Franks, Jonathan // Business Journal Serving Fresno & the Central San Joaquin Valley;01/12/98, Issue 322250, p3
Features several Fresno, California-based surgeons that perform gastric bypass with roux en Y for obese persons. Diseases associated with the obesity; Difference of Herbert E. Gladen's procedure from other weight loss programs; Concerns of several physicians on the use of the procedure;...
- The Bariatric Surgical Weight Loss Program at Sound Shore Medical Center. // Fairfield County Business Journal;5/27/2002, Vol. 41 Issue 21, pS7
Discusses the Bariatric Surgical Weight Loss Program, a minimally invasive surgical procedure offered at Sound Shore Medical Center in Westchester, New York. Benefits of the program to unhealthful obese individuals; Techniques and procedures used in the program; Complications associated with...
