Special DepartmentsLetter to the EditorTeen-Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery: methodological features of the first prospective multicenter study of adolescent bariatric surgery☆
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Design summary
A prospective observational cohort design will be used to collect data during standard clinical care of 200 adolescent bariatric patients (19 years or younger), most of whom will be undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass between 2007 and 2009. Data regarding family environment will also be obtained from caregivers of these adolescent patients. Adolescent subjects will be recruited from 4 centers: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Children's Hospital of
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This study is being conducted as a cooperative agreement and funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases with a grant to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Dr Thomas Inge (U01 DK072493-01A1).