BARIATRIC SURGERY AS A TREATMENT FOR IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION IN A MALE ADOLESCENT: CASE REPORT.

Objective: To describe a case of a male adolescent with symptomatic idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) associated with obesity treated with bariatric surgery.

Case Description: A 16-year-and-6-month-old severely obese boy [weight: 133.6 kg; height: 1.

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in severely obese adolescents: effects on metabolic profile.

Objective: The objective was to conduct clinical and metabolic evaluations of obese adolescents before and after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) (up to 24 months).

Subjects And Methods: This was designed as a retrospective, descriptive series of cases study, conducted in Instituto da Criança, São Paulo, Brazil. Analysis of clinical and laboratory data from 22 obese adolescents between 14 and 19 years old submitted to LSG between 2007 and 2014.

Caregivers' reactions to preoperative procedures in outpatient pediatric surgery.

Objective:: To identify pediatric caregivers' reactions in outpatient surgery settings.

Methods:: A quantitative descriptive/exploratory survey-based study involving application of a semi-structured questionnaire to 62 caregivers in two hospitals.

Results:: Most caregivers (88.