Adolescents Bariatric Surgery Cohort Survey
Evaluation of the Efficiency and Complications Associated With the Surgical Treatment of Obesity by Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding in an Adolescent Population.
University Hospital, Angers
100 participants
Jan 1, 2008
OBSERVATIONAL
Conditions
Summary
Obesity affects 3%-4% of the pediatric population and leads to cardiac mortality during adult life. Bariatric surgery is the best treatment for weight loss and preventing obesity associated comorbidities in adults, but its applications and safety are yet to be defined for adolescents.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria2
- Patients aged 14-20 years of age and asking for bariatric surgery
- BMI >= 40 Kg.m-2 or >= 35 Kg.m-2 with major obesity-related comorbidities (hypertension, diabetes, sleep apnea, etc...)
Exclusion Criteria4
- An unstable psychiatric disorder
- Bariatric surgery anesthesic contraindications
- Having not completed a minimum of six months of the pre operative program
- Lack of consent from the patient or the patient's relatives.
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Interventions
Weight-loss surgery, with the use of gastric banding
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NCT04766801