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Recommendations for bariatric surgery in adolescents in Australia and New Zealand
Author(s) -
Baur Louise A,
Fitzgerald Dominic A
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01875.x
Subject(s) - medicine , general surgery , medline , law , political science
The prevalence of severe obesity and associated co‐morbidities is increasing in adolescence. Although support for long‐term whole‐of‐family lifestyle change is the mainstay of paediatric obesity treatment, there is increasing recognition of the place of other therapies, including bariatric surgery, in the management of severely obese adolescents. While there are rising numbers of reports of bariatric surgery in adolescents, there are as yet no Australian or New Zealand recommendations available to guide decisions as to which adolescents should receive such surgery and how they should best be managed. This paper presents a summary of the recommendations that are contained within the full position paper developed on behalf of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Paediatric Policy and Advocacy Committee Working Party on Bariatric Surgery for Adolescents, working in conjunction with the Australia and New Zealand Association of Paediatric Surgeons and the Obesity Surgery Society of Australia and New Zealand.