A study has given new hope for obese kids taking to surgery. Researchers have found that adolescents are less likely to suffer complications from obesity surgery than adults.
The study presented at a meeting of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery in San Diego, was conducted on two groups of patients. One group of 55,192 patients comprised of above 18s and another group of those between 12 to 18. It was found that within 30 days of the surgery, about 5.5 % of the adolescents had complications, none of them fatal. By comparison, nearly 10 % of the adults experienced complications, with 0.2 % proving fatal.
Dr. Esteban Varela of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, the study’s lead author clarified that the study has wronged the earlier dangers regarding doing big operations in kids.
Varela said, their study offers hope for those very obese adolescents who have otherwise exhausted all other treatment options. Bariatric surgey is a safe and effective option to lose weight for these younger patients who tolerate the surgery better than adults.
As the number of obese people has soared in recent decades, bariatric surgery offers solace in darkness and an alternative to diet and behavioral treatment methods.
The surgery alters the digestive system to modify stomach or intestines to diminish the amount of food that can be eaten or digested.
About 177,600 Americans had bariatric surgery last year.
The number of adolescents taking to surgery is very less, however, recent times have seen a rising trend. With this, the number of young people availing bariatric operation is growing.
Via: Msnbc
