Factors Associated With Weight Loss After Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding in Adolescents With Severe Obesity.

ABSTRACT: Childhood obesity is associated with many comorbidities. Bariatric surgery is known to be efficient for reducing weight in adolescents.

Objectives

The primary outcome was to identify somatic or psychosocial factors associated with success at 24 months after a laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) procedure in our cohort of adolescents with severe obesity. Secondary endpoints were to describe weight loss outcomes, comorbidity resolution, and complications.

Methods

We have retrospectively reviewed medical records of patients who had LAGB placed between 2007 and 2017. Factors associated with success at 24 months after LAGB were researched, with success being defined as positive percentage of excess weight loss (%EWL) at 24 months.

Results

Forty-two adolescents un

SUBMITTER: Levaillant L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10187845 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature