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ArticleObesity surgery2017

Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding in Australian Adolescents: Should It Be Done?

Alexia Sophie Peña, Tarik Delko, Richard Couper, Kerri Sutton, Stamatiki Kritas, Taher Omari, Jacob Chisholm, Lilian Kow, Sanjeev Khurana

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Article in Obesity surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Surgery for the treatment of obesity in children and adolescents.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022
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  10. ASMBS pediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery guidelines, 2018.Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Alexia Sophie PeñaRobinson Research Institute and Discipline of Paediatrics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. alexia.pena@adelaide.edu.au.
Tarik DelkoDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia. tarik.delko@gmail.com.
Richard CouperGastroenterology Department, Women's and Children's Hospital (WCH), North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Kerri SuttonDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia.
Stamatiki KritasGastroenterology Department, Women's and Children's Hospital (WCH), North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Taher OmariGastroenterology Department, Women's and Children's Hospital (WCH), North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Jacob ChisholmDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia.
Lilian KowDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia.
Sanjeev KhuranaRobinson Research Institute and Discipline of Paediatrics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Flinders Medical Centre · AUWomen's and Children's Hospital · AUUniversity of Adelaide · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThere are very few studies on laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) in obese adolescents with follow up for more than 36 months, let alone good prospective data beyond 24 months in Australian adolescents. We aimed to evaluate medium term (>36 months) safety and efficacy of LAGB in adolescents with severe obesity.

methodsThis is a prospective cohort study (March 2009-December 2015) in one tertiary referral hospital including obese adolescents (14-18 years) with a body mass index (BMI) >40 (or ≥35 with comorbidities) who consented to have LAGB. Exclusion criteria were syndromal causes of obesity, depression and oesophageal motility disorders. Main outcome measures include change in weight and BMI at 6, 12, 24, 36 and 48 months post LAGB; postoperative complications; and admissions.

resultsTwenty-one adolescents (median [interquartile range (IQR)] 17.4 [16.5-17.7] years, 9 males, mean ± SD BMI 47.3 ± 8.4 kg/m

conclusionsWe have shown in the longest prospective LAGB postoperative follow up study of Australian adolescents that LAGB improves BMI in the majority of adolescents without significant comorbidities. LAGB is still a reasonable option to be considered as a temporary procedure to manage severe obesity during adolescence.

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GastroplastyAdolescentAustraliaBody Mass IndexFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansLaparoscopyMaleObesity, MorbidProspective StudiesTreatment OutcomeWeight LossAdolescentsBariatric surgeryLap bandLongitudinal studyObese

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