Weight loss and health status 10 years after laparoscopic adjustable gastric band insertion in adolescents: a follow-up report from Teen-LABS.

Background: Metabolic and bariatric surgery is a safe and effective treatment strategy for severe childhood obesity, affecting 10% of US adolescents.

Objectives: This prospective observational study addresses knowledge gaps related to changes in weight, cardiometabolic risk, and weight-related quality of life (WRQOL) in adolescents 10 years after laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (LAGB) insertion.

Setting: Five Teen-Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (Teen-LABS) US centers.

Robotic-Assisted Versus Laparoscopic Approach for Treatment of Acute Cholecystitis in Children.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (Lap-C) is the standard of care for patients requiring cholecystectomy in the acute setting. Although robotic-assisted cholecystectomy (RA-C) performance has increased, utilization in the acute setting has not been widely reported. We describe the feasibility of RA-C for pediatric patients undergoing acute inpatient cholecystectomy.

Utilization of a Single-Site Port as an Adjunct for Multi-Port Robotic-Assisted Surgery in Children.

The focused use of a single-site port as an adjunct designed to decrease overall port site number and/or assist with specimen extraction in pediatric robotic surgery has not been fully elucidated. We aimed to describe the feasibility of using the single-site port as an adjunct during multi-port robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery (RA-MIS). A single institution retrospective review of pediatric patients who underwent multiport RA-MIS with an adjunctive single-site (SS) port from August 2018 to October 2022 was performed.