While the benefits of gastric bypass are many - increase in life expectancy, lower cholesterol, lower blood pressure, heart disease reduction - controversy is there, when it comes to teens and this operation of life change. This type of operation is most commonly used on obese adolescents morbid, but there are concerns about the efficiency, safety and long term benefits in this age group.
Research has shown that the gastric bypass extreme, can impact not only on the weight, but also in diabetes, and on the control of type 2 diabetes, a study among young people. A 2008 study found that in most cases can young people a third to lose their weight and separate of medicines for diabetes with delivery of their diabetes after bypass surgery a year. This is certainly not the case for similar youth with diabetes patient who suffers from no operation. »
While the risk of death among adults is low, falling below 1%, it y other complications and issues, which is for young people to this intervention, namely congenital malformations. Various surgical procedures used to morbid obesity can the absorption of critical vitamins and minerals, particularly folic acid reduce. This may be to higher risk of birth babies with spine and brain result in birth defects, according to a new study. Folic acid is a key element in the prevention of spina bifida and other neural tube defects.
Are vitamins and minerals should be part of the schema on a daily basis and life, patients who have suffered, young people are notoriously remiss when it comes to this necessary routine. In fact, according to some research, their daily additions meet only 14% of young people.
Bruce Wolfe, surgeon and co-Chair of the national institutes of health research consortium on a surgery, said: "you just can't beat this birth defect because they are rare." But there are also side effects of obesity. Therefore, it is the ethical and practical dilemma when you deny a very advantageous procedure. »
Joan Han of by the US national institutes of health, propose, has exploited weight loss surgery with extreme care and only in the most obese than all other possibilities.