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ey0015.11-19 | Bariatric surgery – new findings | ESPEYB15

11.19 Factors associated with long-term weight-loss maintenance following bariatric surgery in adolescents with severe obesity

JR Ryder , AC Gross , CK Fox , AM Kaizer , KD Rudser , TM Jenkins , MB Ratcliff , AS Kelly , S Kirk , RM Siegel , TH Inge

To read the full abstract: Int J Obes (Lond). 2018 Jan;42(1):102-107This cohort of n=50 adolescents who underwent bariatric surgery is highly important, since such long-term follow-up data are rare. Until today, only this study cohort described here by Ryder et al. and the Swedish nationwide study (AMOS) of adolescents with severe obesity who underwent laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (3) hav...