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What is the youngest patient that can undergo gastric bypass surgery?

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What is the youngest patient that can undergo gastric bypass surgery?

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Gastric Bypass surgery has been performed on patients as young as 16 years of age. In this age group, the concern is that the patient make the decision for surgery him- or her-self, and that there be a full understanding and commitment to the life long altered eating pattern which will be necessary for success.