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.

Anesthesia considerations for pediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery.

Childhood obesity is a rapidly growing global health issue, linked to significant lifelong morbidity and mortality. Its impact on various organ systems increases perioperative complications. Obesity treatment in children and adolescents involves lifestyle, dietary, and behavioral modifications, as well as pharmacologic interventions that targets hormonal, metabolic, and neurochemical abnormalities.

Obesity in Adolescents: A Review.

Importance: Obesity affects approximately 21% of US adolescents and is associated with insulin resistance, hypertension, dyslipidemia, sleep disorders, depression, and musculoskeletal problems. Obesity during adolescence has also been associated with an increased risk of mortality from cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes in adulthood.

Observations: Obesity in adolescents aged 12 to younger than 18 years is commonly defined as a body mass index (BMI) at the 95th or greater age- and sex-adjusted percentile.

Robotic-Assisted Surgery in Patients Less than 15 kg: A Single Center Review.

Robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) is an increasingly utilized tool in children. However, utilization of RAS among infants and small children has not been well established. The purpose of this study was to review and characterize RAS procedures for children ≤15 kg.

Associations between marital status and weight loss trajectories entering into early adulthood: a Teen-LABS study.

Background: Among adolescents who underwent metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS), it is unclear how relationships and specifically marital status (MS) may be associated with long-term weight loss.

Objective: In this analysis, we tested for associations between the MS of adolescents who underwent MBS and the MS of their primary caregiver and weight loss trajectory over 8 years.

Setting: Teen-LABS participating sites.

Trends and Economic Implications of Disparities in Postoperative Pneumonia.

Background: Postoperative pneumonia is the third most common surgical complication and can seriously impair surgical rehabilitation and lead to related morbidity and mortality. We evaluated the temporal trends in racial and ethnic disparities in postoperative pneumonia and quantified the economic burden resulting from these inequalities in the United States.

Methods: This population-based study includes 195 028 children (weighted to 964 679) admitted for elective surgery across 5340 US hospitals reporting to the Nationwide Inpatient Sample between 2010 and 2018.

Utilization of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol for pediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery.

Introduction: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols for pediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery are limited. In 2018, an ERAS protocol for patients undergoing robotically assisted vertical sleeve gastrectomy (r-VSG) was instituted. This study's aim was to compare outcomes before and after ERAS initiation.

Marijuana, e-cigarette, and tobacco product use in young adults who underwent pediatric bariatric surgery.

Background: The postoperative course after pediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) cuts across a developmental phase when substance-use behaviors emerge as significant public health concerns.

Objective: We examined use of marijuana, conventional cigarettes, and alternate tobacco products/devices (e.g.

Psychosocial predictors of problematic eating in young adults who underwent adolescent bariatric surgery.

Introduction: This study examined problematic eating and eating-related psychopathology among young adults who underwent adolescent bariatric surgery including concurrent and prospective associations with psychosocial factors and weight change.

Methods: VIEW point is a 6-year follow-up study within a prospective observational study series observing adolescents with severe obesity who had bariatric surgery ( = 139) or who presented to nonsurgical lifestyle modification programs ( = 83). Participants completed height/weight measurements, questionnaires, and diagnostic interviews.

Comparative Safety and Effectiveness of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy for Weight Loss and Type 2 Diabetes Across Race and Ethnicity in the PCORnet Bariatric Study Cohort.

Importance: Bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for severe obesity; yet it is unclear whether the long-term safety and comparative effectiveness of these operations differ across racial and ethnic groups.

Objective: To compare outcomes of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG) across racial and ethnic groups in the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network (PCORnet) Bariatric Study.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This was a retrospective, observational, comparative effectiveness cohort study that comprised 25 health care systems in the PCORnet Bariatric Study.

Robotic-assisted vertical sleeve gastrectomy in adolescents: Do BMI limits apply?

Background: Robotic-assisted vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG) in adolescent patients has been shown to have comparable outcomes to laparoscopic VSG. Recent data suggests that metabolic and bariatric surgery (performed using robotic and laparoscopic techniques) in patients with BMI ≥ 50 kg/m have a higher risk of adverse events compared to those with BMI < 50 kg/m. The aim of this study was to compare the outcomes of robotic-assisted VSG in adolescents with a BMI above and below 50 kg/m.