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Five-Year Outcomes of Gastric Bypass in Adolescents as Compared with Adults
Author(s) -
Thomas H. Inge,
Anita P. Courcoulas,
Todd M. Jenkins,
Marc P. Michalsky,
Mary L. Brandt,
Stavra A. Xanthakos,
John B. Dixon,
Carroll M. Harmon,
Mike K. Chen,
Changchun Xie,
Mary E. Evans,
Michael A. Helmrath
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1813909
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , cohort , weight loss , pediatrics , poisson regression , gastric bypass surgery , abdominal surgery , cohort study , young adult , rate ratio , gastric bypass , surgery , obesity , population , environmental health
Bariatric surgery results in weight loss and health improvements in adults and adolescents. However, whether outcomes differ according to the age of the patient at the time of surgery is unclear.

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