Adolescente de 12 años portador de obesidad super-mórbida, tratado mediante bypass gástrico de una anastomosis (BAGUA) y monotorizado durante cinco años: Caso clínico

Abstract

The prevalence of morbid obesity among adolescents has being on the increased in the recent decades specifically in developed countries around the world. In Europe, Spain has the highest prevalence of obese adolescents with more than 18% of the population of children and adolescents. There is evidence that the only effective and permanent treatment for morbid obesity and the comorbidities is surgical treatment, however there exists many controversies about which treatment is the best for obese adolescents. We report a case of a 12 year old patient with super obesity (58.5 kg/m 2 of BMI) and metabolic syndrome who underwent LOAGB/BAGUA and monitored during the last 5 year. The patient after five years follow-up maintains a 22.4 kg/m 2 of BMI. We consider that LOAGB?BAGUA could be an effective and safe procedure as a treatment of obesity and comorbidities as well, for adolescent patients.