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ArticleObesity surgery2025

Comment on "Trends and Outcomes of Metabolic Surgery in Adolescents with BMI ≥ 50 vs < 50 kg/m

Minesh Patel, Devang Acharya, Manan Sharma

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Article in Obesity surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Minesh PatelDepartment of Pharmacology & Pharmacy Practice, Saraswati Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gandhinagar, India. minesh.ad99@gmail.com.
Devang AcharyaDepartment of Quality Assurance, Saraswati Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gandhinagar, India.
Manan SharmaDepartment of Pharmacology & Pharmacy Practice, Saraswati Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gandhinagar, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This commentary addresses the methodological limitations of the study by Kachornvitaya et al., including modest model discrimination and restricted 30-day outcomes. While the study supports the short-term safety of metabolic surgery in adolescents with BMI ≥ 50 kg/m

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Bariatric SurgeryBody Mass IndexObesity, MorbidPediatric ObesityAdolescentDatabases, FactualFemaleHumansMaleRetrospective StudiesTreatment Outcome

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