ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0020.9-16 | Patient Care: Bariatric Surgery, New Drugs, and Appropriate Language | ESPEYB20

9.16. Metabolic and bariatric surgery versus intensive non-surgical treatment for adolescents with severe obesity (AMOS2): a multicentre, randomised, controlled trial in Sweden

K Jarvholm , A Janson , M Peltonen , M Neovius , E Gronowitz , M Engstrom , A Laurenius , AJ Beamish , J Dahlgren , L Sjogren , T Olbers

Brief summary: The AMOS2 study is a randomized, open label, multicentre trial. It reports 2-year BMI changes in n=25 adolescents (age 13–16 years) after metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) (Roux-en-Y gastric bypass n=23, sleeve gastrectomy n=2) compared to n=23 adolescents who received intensive non-surgical treatment. After 2 years, BMI change was −12.6 kg/m2 in the MBS group compared to only −0.2 kg/m2</s...