In this episode, Dr Coleman is joined by Nestor F De la Cruz-Muñoz Jr, MD, Professor of Surgery and Section Chief of Bariatric Surgery at the University of Miami. They discuss his recent study, which demonstrates the lasting, positive impact of bariatric surgery even decades later, and confirms that bariatric surgery should not be denied to adolescents struggling with morbid obesity.

de la Cruz-Muñoz, Nestor MD; Xie, Luyu PHARMD; Quiroz, Hallie J MD; Kutlu, Onur C MD, FACS; Atem, Folefac PhD; Lipshultz, Steven E MD; Mathew, M Sunil MS; Messiah, Sarah E PhD, MPH. Long-Term Outcomes after Adolescent Bariatric Surgery. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 235(4):p 592-602, October 2022. | DOI: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000325 

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