It has been suggested that patients with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of > 60 kg/m2 should be offered expedited Bariatric Surgery (BS) during the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The main objective of this study was to assess the safety of this approach.
Effect of BMI on safety of bariatric surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic, procedure choice, and safety protocols - An analysis from the GENEVA Study / Singhal, Rishi; Omar, Islam; Madhok, Brijesh; Ludwig, Christian; Tahrani, Abd A; Mahawar, Kamal; Geneva, Collaborators; Boru, Cristian Eugeniu; Silecchia, Gianfranco; Iossa, Angelo. - In: OBESITY RESEARCH & CLINICAL PRACTICE. - ISSN 1871-403X. - 16:3(2022), pp. 249-253. [10.1016/j.orcp.2022.06.003]
Effect of BMI on safety of bariatric surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic, procedure choice, and safety protocols - An analysis from the GENEVA Study
Boru, Cristian Eugeniu;Silecchia, Gianfranco;Iossa, Angelo
2022
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It has been suggested that patients with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of > 60 kg/m2 should be offered expedited Bariatric Surgery (BS) during the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The main objective of this study was to assess the safety of this approach.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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