PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Alexander, Lori
ED  - Lerner, Shulamit E.
TI  - Laparoscopic Gastric Banding Can Lead to Significant Weight Loss in Morbidly Obese Adolescents
DP  - 2011 Sep 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 10--11
VI  - 11
IP  - 5
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/11/5/10.2.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/11/5/10.2.full
AB  - Data from a study of morbidly obese adolescents show that significant weight loss is achievable in a large percentage of adolescents following laparoscopic gastric banding. In addition, significant metabolic improvement is likely when at least 20% of excess body weight is lost.