Morbid Obesity in Adolescents: Conservative Treatment and Surgical Approaches

by Kurt Widhalm

Book Overview

As the worldwide prevalence of morbid obesity among adolescents continues to rise, recent years have seen a large increase in the performance of adolescent bariatric surgery. While surgical intervention often becomes necessary when conservative weight-loss therapies have failed, no standards regarding the post-operative regimen and long-term management of adolescent patients have been established. Thus, the treatment of obesity and its co-morbidities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3709119529
• ISBN13: 9783709119525
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"