Landmark Study on Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Outcomes Shows Successful Results

The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine reported on “Long-Term Outcomes after Adolescent Bariatric Surgery” in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, with Dr. Nestor de la Cruz-Muñoz, then chief of bariatric surgery, as first author.

The team re-contacted 96 patients who had surgery as adolescents between 2002 and 2010. About 14 years later, they had kept off an average of 31% of their total body weight, most obesity-related conditions remained in remission, and more than 90% said they had no regrets.