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Cost-effectiveness of Adolescent Bariatric Surgery

Background: The current estimates of the prevalence of adolescent morbid obesity and severe morbid obesity are about 21% and 6.6%, respectively. Obesity, if left untreated, may result in a variety of comorbid conditions and earlier mortality. Adolescent bariatric surgery is an effective, but expensi...

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Autores principales: Bairdain, Sigrid, Samnaliev, Mihail
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26180672
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.248