Author Interviews, Lancet, Pediatrics, Surgical Research, Weight Research / 07.01.2017
Gastric Bypass Surgery Found Safe and Effective in Adolescent Severe Obesity
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Dr Torsten Olbers PhD
Department of Gastrosurgical Research
Institute of Clinical Sciences
University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Gothenburg Sweden
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?
Response: The background to study was the lack of effective treatments for adolescents with severe obesity and the observation that many adults undergoing gastric bypass regret that they didn't´t do it earlier.
The medical indication is to hopefully prevent development of diseases and organ damage due to cardiovascular risk factors and to enable them to have normalised psychosocial development (education, relation etc).
In fact most of the adolescents undergoing surgery had parents having undergone surgery.
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