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ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2018

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in adolescents with or without syndromic obesity: two years follow-up.

Angelo Iossa, Francesco De Peppo, Romina Caccamo, Brad Michael Watkins, Francesca Abbatini, Emanuela Ceriati, Gianfranco Silecchia

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Article in Eating and weight disorders : EWD, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Bariatric Surgery in Patients With Prader-Willi Syndrome.Journal of metabolic and bariatric surgery · 2025
    Review
  3. Obstructive sleep apnea and early weight loss among adolescents undergoing bariatric surgery.Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery · 2021
    Article
  4. Article
  5. Obesity management in Prader-Willi syndrome: current perspectives.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2018
    Review
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Angelo IossaDepartment of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Division of General Surgery and Bariatric Centre of Excellence, "La Sapienza", University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Francesco De PeppoDepartment of Paediatric Surgery, Hospital Bambino Gesù", Palidoro (Rm), Italy.
Romina CaccamoDepartment of Paediatric Surgery, Hospital Bambino Gesù", Palidoro (Rm), Italy.
Brad Michael WatkinsDivision of General Surgery and Weight LOSS Center, West Chester Hospital, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Francesca AbbatiniDepartment of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Division of General Surgery and Bariatric Centre of Excellence, "La Sapienza", University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Emanuela CeriatiDepartment of Paediatric Surgery, Hospital Bambino Gesù", Palidoro (Rm), Italy.
Gianfranco SilecchiaDepartment of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Division of General Surgery and Bariatric Centre of Excellence, "La Sapienza", University of Rome, Rome, Italy. gianfranco.silecchia@uniroma1.it.
Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital · ITSapienza University of Rome · ITUniversity of Cincinnati · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionChildhood obesity is an emerging health problem. Surgical treatment of obese adolescents, particularly those affected by congenital syndrome, represents a controversial issue. The aim of this multicenter study was to retrospectively assess the results of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) in a cohort of adolescents affected by morbid obesity, with or without congenital syndromes. MATERIALS AND

methodsForty-one obese (BMI 49 ± 6 kg/m

resultsAll the operations were completed laparoscopically and no intra-operative complications were recorded. No mortality was recorded while peri- or post-operative complications only occurred in two patients (4.9%). The EWL% at 6, 12, and 24 months were 42.3, 58.3, and 59.4, respectively. %EWL was comparable (p = 0.7) between non-syndromic and syndromic obese adolescents at 24 months. Conversely patients with previous intragastric balloon surgery had a significant lower EWL (%) at 24 month (p < 0.01). Moreover, at the same time point, co-morbidity resolution rate was 78.2% while improvement rate was 57.6%. Specifically, remission rate of type 2 diabetes (T2DM), hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) were 71, 75 and 61%, respectively.

conclusionLSG is advantageous in the treatment of morbidly obese juveniles concerning safety, weight loss and co-morbidity control and at same time presenting, a possible effective therapeutic option for patients affected by congenital syndrome.

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AdolescentBody Mass IndexFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGastrectomyHumansMalePediatric ObesityRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultAdolescentsBariatric surgery in teenagersChildhood obesitySleeve gastrectomySurgical treatmentSyndromic obesity

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