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ReviewSeminars in pediatric surgery2020

Preoperative considerations for the pediatric patient undergoing metabolic and bariatric surgery.

Janey S A Pratt, Sebastian S Roque, Ruben Valera, Kathryn S Czepiel, Deborah D Tsao, Fatima Cody Stanford

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Review in Seminars in pediatric surgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Beyond surgery: a multimodal framework for a pediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery program in a safety-net children's hospital.Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Janey S A PrattStanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA; Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: jsapratt@stanford.edu.
Sebastian S RoqueTufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Ruben ValeraTufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Kathryn S CzepielDepartment of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Deborah D TsaoStanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Fatima Cody StanfordHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Internal Medicine- Neuroendocrine Division and Pediatric Endocrinology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

Funding

ROLE OF DIETARY CONSTITUENTS ON GENE EXPRESSION IN INTESTINAL EPITHELIUMP30DK040561 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Elizabeth Austen Lawson, Takara Leah Stanley · 1994 to 2026
$31.6M
NIDDK NIH HHS L30 DK118710NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK040561
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To ensure successful outcomes in pediatric patients with severe obesity who undergo metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS), a number of pre-operative patient management options should be considered. This manuscript will review the indications and contraindications of MBS and special considerations for youth who might benefit from MBS. The treatment team conducts a thorough pre-operative evaluation, assessing risks and benefits of surgical intervention, and prepares patients and families to be successful with MBS by providing education about the surgical intervention and lifestyle changes that will be necessary. This article reviews the pre-operative considerations for adolescents with severe obesity who are being considered for MBS, based upon recent clinical practice guidelines.

Indexed as

Clinical Decision-MakingAdolescentBariatric SurgeryHumansObesity, MorbidPatient Care TeamPediatric ObesityPreoperative CareBariatric surgeryObesityPediatricsPreoperative evaluationSevere obesity;Adolescents

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PMID32238283
PMCPMC7238975

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