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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023

Ethics of Bariatric Surgery in Adolescence and Its Implications for Clinical Practice.

Valentina Martinelli, Simran Singh, Pierluigi Politi, Riccardo Caccialanza, Andrea Peri, Andrea Pietrabissa, Matteo Chiappedi

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Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. 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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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Valentina MartinelliDepartment of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Simran SinghMedway Hospital, Windmill Rd, Gillingham ME7 5NY, UK.
Pierluigi PolitiDepartment of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4602-2032
Riccardo CaccialanzaClinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9379-3569
Andrea PeriDepartment of Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Andrea PietrabissaDepartment of Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Matteo ChiappediVigevano Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, ASST Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2682-5006
University of Pavia · ITPoliclinico San Matteo Fondazione · ITMedway Maritime Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is increasingly prevalent among adolescents. Clinical and research data support the use of bariatric surgery (BS) as a treatment option for severely obese adolescents, with good results in terms of weight loss, improvement or resolution of comorbidities, and compliance to follow up. Nevertheless, concerns still remain, with significant disparities among countries and ethical concerns mainly raised by performing an irreversible and invasive procedure in adolescence, with potential life-long alterations. In this context, the purpose of this narrative review was to discuss the main current ethical challenges in performing BS in adolescence and to inform appropriate clinical management in the field. The core ethical principles of autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice were revised in terms of patient-centered healthcare through the lens of psychosocial implications. The review concludes with a discussion regarding the potential directives for future research for effective, patient-centered, and ethical management of obesity in the adolescent population.

Indexed as

Bariatric SurgeryObesity, MorbidAdolescentComorbidityHumansObesityWeight Lossadolescent obesityethicspediatric bariatric surgerypsychosocial outcomessleeve gastrectomy

Identifiers

PMID36673981
PMCPMC9859476
OpenAlexW4315499049

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