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Archive >  Bariatric Surgery 2005

Preparing Your Practice for Adolescent Patients

Here's what to consider when performing bariatric surgery on teens.

Jenny Sweeney, RN, MSN

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is one of the few facilities offering bariatric surgery for teens. Our surgeons have performed surgery on 51 adolescents, with an average age of 17 and a mean BMI of 58 since the program was launched in 2001.

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