Recently, more and more teenagers are undergoing bariatric surgery to help them counteract serious obesity related health issues like diabetes, high blood pressure, and sleep apnea. In addition, the social issues of morbid obesity can be magnified in a high school setting. It is no surprise to experienced, high-volume bariatric surgeons like Dr. Atkinson and myself, that this population would be as successful in reversing their health problems as the adult population, and that, like adults, surgery is the only successful long-term weight loss option for the morbidly obese, which has a reasonable success rate. With that in mind, we still prefer patients to be at least 18 years old, so that from a legal standpoint, they can make their own decisions. Click on the link below for a recent article in the Washington Post regarding a teenager who underwent gastric band surgery.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/23/AR2009022301966.html
– Dr. Darren Soong
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