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Does laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy improve anthropometric, nutritional, and cardiometabolic parameters in morbidly obese adolescents?
Does laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy improve anthropometric, nutritional, and cardiometabolic parameters in morbidly obese adolescents?
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in morbidly obese adolescents significantly improves cardiometabolic risk factors and diabetes remission at 2 years, but requires careful monitoring for nutritional deficiencies.
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LSG may improve cardiometabolic profiles in obese adolescents; leaves open nutritional risks and durability pending prospective trials.
BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is a popular treatment for adolescent morbid obesity. Research on LSG outcomes among adolescents assessed a narrow range of anthropometric, nutritional, or cardiometabolic parameters, leading to an incomplete picture of these changes. We examined a wide variety of anthropometric, nutritional, and cardiometabolic parameters among adolescents before and after LSG. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed medical charts of all obese adolescents who underwent LSG at Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar, between January 2011 and June 2015 (N = 102). We assessed preoperative levels and postoperative changes in 4 anthropometric, 15 nutritional, and 10 cardiometabolic parameters. CONCLUSIONS: LSG achieved significant weight loss and improvement of cardiometabolic risk factors among adolescents. However, the slight worsening of preexisting nutritional deficiencies warrants careful preoperative surveillance and appropriate postoperative nutritional supplementation.
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