Papedia et al., performed the largest serious in adolescents (76 patients) treated with BPD. 68 patients were studied retrospectively for long-term outcomes (mean of 11 years). The mean age was 16.8 years. The mean percentage of EWL at each patient’s longest follow-up was 78%. Although immediate postoperative complications were rare, this series of patients had 19 reoperations in 14 patients (including 4 obstructions and 5 incisional hernias), 3 deaths (protein malnutrition, pulmonary edema, and pancreatitis), and 9 patients with documented protein malnutrition. The long-term mortality rate was 4% (Papedia et al.,
