Comparing Outcomes of Two Types of Bariatric Surgery in an Adolescent Obese Population: Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass versus Sleeve Gastrectomy
Background: Obesity is prevalent among adolescents and is associated with serious health consequences. Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) and Sleeve Gastrectomy (SG) are bariatric procedures that cause significant weight loss in adults and are increasingly being performed in adolescents with morbid obe...
Main Authors: | Giovana D Maffazioli, Fatima Cody Stanford, Karen J Campoverde Reyes, Takara L Stanley, Vibha Singhal, Kathleen E Corey, Janey Sue Pratt, Miriam A Bredella, Madhusmita Misra |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-07-01
|
Series: | Frontiers in Pediatrics |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fped.2016.00078/full |
Similar Items
-
Comparison of Measured and Estimated Resting Energy Expenditure in Adolescents and Young Adults With Severe Obesity Before and 1 Year After Sleeve Gastrectomy
by: Frances A. Rickard, et al.
Published: (2019-02-01) -
The prevalence of gallstone disease after sleeve gastrectomy and Roux en Y gastric bypass
by: Ramiz S. Mukhtar, et al.
Published: (2016-01-01) -
A meta-analysis of the medium- and long-term effects of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
by: Lihu Gu, et al.
Published: (2020-02-01) -
Sleeve Gastrectomy and Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass. Two Sculptors of the Pancreatic Islet
by: Gonzalo-Martín Pérez-Arana, et al.
Published: (2021-09-01) -
Surgical management of staple line leak after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy
by: Ramiz S. Mukhtar, et al.
Published: (2017-04-01)