Health Disparities in Adolescent Bariatric Surgery: Nationwide Outcomes and Utilization.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Bariatric surgery represents an appropriate treatment for adolescent severe obesity, but its utilization remains low in this patient population. We studied the impact of race and sex on preoperative characteristics, outcomes, and utilization of adolescent bariatric surgery.

Methods

Retrospective analysis (2007-2014) of adolescent bariatric surgery using the Bariatric Outcomes Longitudinal Database, a national database that collects bariatric surgical care data. We assessed the relationships between baseline characteristics and outcomes (weight loss and remission of obesity-related conditions [ORCs]). Using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and U.S. census data, we calculated the ratio of severe obesity and bariatric procedures among races and deter

SUBMITTER: Nunez Lopez O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5667551 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature