A group of specialists from Villahermosa, Tabasco, successfully placed a gastric bypass to a 14 year old weighing 191 kilos, which allowed him to lose 45 kilos in five months, reported the Ministry of Health.
191
kilos weighed the under 14
The patient had a body mass index (BMI) of 76 percent, and various complications such as metabolic syndrome, prediabetes and osteoarticular deformity, he said in a statement.
The operation, performed at the Regional High Specialty Hospital of the Child, "posed no cost to the family, as was done with resources Seguro Popular" said Dr. Roberto Carlos Cisneros, who led the multidisciplinary surgical team.
The minor Tabasco family had to pay anything because the Popular Insurance covered all costs
The specialist explained that this is a non-invasive method of surgery that is used as a treatment for morbid obesity and metabolic disease.
It consists of placing a "bypass" stomach via laparoscopy, which allows the patient to be discharged just 24 hours after the operation, he added.
He said that currently control a medical patient is present to prevent cardiovascular risk for weight loss. Further consideration is given both to the patient and the family.
Mexico is the second country with the largest number of adults with obesity
According to the Ministry of Health, seven out of 10 adults are overweight in Mexico, while the proportion is over 30 per cent in the age group of 12-19 years and 29 percent of children under five and 11 years.
Mexico is the second country with the largest number of adults with obesity, behind the United States, and first in childhood overweight, according to a study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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