• DOI:10.1097/SLA.0000000000001278
Corpus ID: 32909515

Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in Children Younger Than 14 Years: Refuting the Concerns

@article{Alqahtani2016LaparoscopicSG,
  title={Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in Children Younger Than 14 Years: Refuting the Concerns},
  author={Aayed R. Alqahtani and Mohamed O Elahmedi and A. A. Qahtani},
  journal={Annals of Surgery},
  year={2016},
  volume={263},
  pages={312–319}
}

• Aayed R. Alqahtani, Mohamed O Elahmedi, A. A. Qahtani
• Published 2016
• Medicine
• Annals of Surgery

Objective:To evaluate the effect of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) on growth in children younger than 14 years in a matched control study. Background:Debatable concerns result in denying young children access to bariatric surgery. Methods:Our multidisciplinary program database was used to extract data of young nonsyndromic children (age ⩽14 years) who underwent LSG. Patients were age, sex, and height z-score matched with those on nonsurgical weight management, and their results were… Expand