Body contouring in adolescents after bariatric surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bariatric surgery leads to sustained weight loss and resolution of obesity-associated co-morbidities in severely obese adolescents. However, one consequence of massive weight loss is excess skin and soft tissue. Many details regarding the timing, outcomes, and barriers associated with body contouring surgery (BCS) in youth who have undergone bariatric surgery are unknown.

Objectives

Describe the incidence and effect of BCS following bariatric surgery among adolescents.

Setting

University Hospitals.

Methods

Teen-Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery is a prospective multi-institutional study of 242 adolescents who underwent bariatric surgery from 2007 to 2012. Utilization of BCS was analyzed in this population with comparison of anthropometrics

SUBMITTER: Derderian SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7027488 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature