Health Care Use and Adverse Events After Sleeve Gastrectomy and Gastric Bypass Among Adolescents With Severe Obesity Insured by Medicaid

JAMA. 2022 Nov 15;328(19):1972-1974. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.14843.

Authors

Ryan Howard¹, Jie Yang², Jyothi Thumma², Anne Ehlers¹, Sean O'Neill¹, Dana Telem¹, Justin B Dimick¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
² Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This study examines health care use and adverse events up to 5 years after bariatric surgery in adolescents with severe obesity insured by Medicaid.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Bariatric Surgery*
Delivery of Health Care
Gastrectomy / adverse effects
Gastric Bypass* / adverse effects
Humans
Laparoscopy*
Medicaid
Obesity, Morbid* / surgery
Retrospective Studies
Treatment Outcome

Grants and funding

R01 DK115408/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States