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From Yahoo! News: Top Stories:
The number of U.S. children having obesity surgery has tripled in recent years, surging at a pace that could mean more than 1,000 such operations this year, new research suggests.
While the procedure is still far more common in adults, it appears to be slightly less risky in teens, according to an analysis of data on 12- to 19-year-olds who had obesity surgery from 1996 through 2003.
Youngsters had slightly shorter hospital stays than adults and none died in the hospital during the study period.
Children spent an average of about 3.2 days in the hospital in 2003, versus 3.5 days for adults.
Total hospital charges also were lower for pediatric patients, $30,804 per patient versus $36,056 for adults.
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Posted on March 5, 2007 10:02 PM
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