Ahmed A. Noreldin*; MD, Rama A. Ali*; MD, Ahmed M. Kenawy*; MD, LobnaY.Ghanem**; MD, Abeya A. Lotfy** ;MD, Ahmed S. Ismail***; Msc.
Tamer A Wafa, PhD, MRCS, Abdelrahman Elshafey, PhD, Mostafa El-Ayoty, PhD, Mohamed Elzohiri, PhD
Tamer A Wafa, PhD, MRCS, Abdelrahman Elshafey, PhD, Sherif Abdelmaksoud, PhD, Hesham Sheir, PhD, MRCS, Mohamed El-Ghazaly, PhD
Shaban .M. Abdelmageed and Shawki Sharouda
1Adel A. Sied, 2Mohammed A. Rizk, 2Sherif M. Abdel Aziz
Reda Saad Mohamed Ezz, Mohamed Abd El Monem Rizk, Medhat Mohamed Helmy Khalil, Ahmed Heshmat Soliman Ahmed
Tamer M. Nabil1 M.D, Ahmed H. Khalil2 M.D, MRCS, Mohamed M. Elbarbary3 M.D
Mohamed Abd El-Monem Abd El-Salam Rizk, MD, Mohamed Ismail Mohamed Ismail, MD, Ramez Mounir Wahba , MD
Mohamed Abd El-Monem Abd El-Salam Rizk1, MD, Mohamed Ismail mohamed Ismail1, Ramez Mounir Wahba1,Waleed Anwar Abd El-Mohsen2
Ahmed Sobhy Abbass Ahmed Elsobky
1Yasser M. Salama M.Sc. MRCS, 2Mostafa S. Mahmoud MD
Tarek Ahmed Abd El- Azim, Mostafa Soliman Mahmoud, Mohamed Ismail Mohamed,Ahmad Refaat ELGendi*
Ahmed Serag Emara, Gad Mohamed Behairy, Amr H Afifi
Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy as a Surgical Modality in Management of Pediatric Obesity
Background: Obesity affects any age, gender and nationality. Pediatric obesity is considered worldwide
problem leading to many serious associated health hazards. Untreated obese children will lead to morbid
obesity in adulthood. Nonsurgical weight loss programs including exercise, life style modification, diet
regimens and weight loss medications rarely have successful results making bariatric surgery an excellent,
effective and safe solution for treating obesity and its associated health hazards without affecting the child
growth. Patients & methods: This prospective study included 15 morbidly obese patients for whom
laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) was done in Cairo and Beni Sueif university hospitals during the
period between December 2015 and December 2018. Inclusion criteria were age ≤ 18 years with body
mass index (BMI) ≥40 kg/m2
(> 95th percentile for age) or BMI ≥35 kg/m2
and associated with obesity
comorbidities. Exclusion criteria included patients with mental retardation, impaired movement,
psychological instability, endocrinal disorders causing obesity as hypothyroidism, any contraindication to
surgery and those who didn’t previously participate in weight loss program. All patients were followed up
for one year. Results: The study included 8 male patients (53.3%) and 7 female patients (46.7%) with
a mean age of 13±1.41 years. The mean BMI of our patients is 51.33±10.77 Kg/m2
, the mean
operative time is 48.67±5.5 minutes, the mean hospital stay duration of 2.93±1.53 days. In this study 7
patients (46.7%) had co-morbidities. There was significant reduction in the BMI of the patients one year
after surgery, it ranged between 22.8 – 55.4 kg/m2 with a mean of 29.5±8.29 kg/m2
. The percentage of the
excess body weight loss (% EBWL) ranged between 31.8 and 95% with a mean of 77.37±18.56 one year
after surgery with satisfactory results achieved in 13 patients (EBWL 63.5% - 95% after 1 year) .The %
EBWL in the remaining 2 cases was 31.8 and 45% one year after surgery. The mean preoperative height
was 154.73±19.16cm and the patients gained height by a mean of 160.47±19cm one year after surgery
(p<0.001) making LSG safe on children growth. One complication was encountered in one patient (6.66%)
in the form of bleeding that was managed successfully by conservative measures. Mortality was not
encountered. Conclusion: LSG is a safe reliable solution providing effective sustained body weight loss for
morbid obese pediatric patients together with improvement of obesity associated health hazards without
adverse effect on children growth.
Key Words: Morbid obesity, sleeve gastrectomy, pediatric obesity, bariatric surgery.