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Long-term results after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding in adolescent patients: follow-up of the Austrian experience |
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| Authors: | Gerd R. Silberhumer Karl Miller Antonia Pump Stefan Kriwanek Kurt Widhalm Georg Gyoeri Gerhard Prager |
| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria;(2) Department of Surgery, Hospital Hallein, Salzburg, Austria;(3) Department of Surgery, Hospital Rudolfstiftung, Vienna, Austria;(4) Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; |
| Abstract: | BackgroundDuring the last 30 years a threefold increase in the number of overweight children has been reported in Western countries. More than 15% of adolescents have a body mass index (BMI) higher than the 95th percentile. The use of surgical strategies in adolescent patients is still controversial due to the impact on the continuing maturing process. Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) is considered a minimal invasive procedure that does not alter the physiological behavior of the bowel and has already shown promising results in short-term studies. |
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