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OBESITY SURGERY
Volume 31, Issue 1, Pages 451-456Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-020-04883-9
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COVID-19; Resuming elective surgery; Bariatric surgery; Obesity surgery
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The study aimed to achieve consensus among global experts on various aspects of resuming Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic through a modified Delphi consensus-building protocol, presenting 38 key recommendations.
The purpose of this study was to achieve consensus amongst a global panel of expert bariatric surgeons on various aspects of resuming Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery (BMS) during the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. A modified Delphi consensus-building protocol was used to build consensus amongst 44 globally recognised bariatric surgeons. The experts were asked to either agree or disagree with 111 statements they collectively proposed over two separate rounds. An agreement amongst >= 70.0% of experts was construed as consensus as per the predetermined methodology. We present here 38 of our key recommendations. This first global consensus statement on the resumption of BMS can provide a framework for multidisciplinary BMS teams planning to resume local services as well as guide future research in this area.
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