30-Day Morbidity and Mortality of Bariatric Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Multinational Cohort Study of 7704 Patients from 42 Countries.
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BolckmansTom WigginsClément BaratteJudith Aron WisnewskyLaurent GenserLynn ChongLillian TaylorSalena WardLynn ChongLillian TaylorMichael W HiHelen HeneghanNaomi FearonAndreas PlamperKarl RheinwaltHelen HeneghanJustin GeogheganKin Cheung NgNaomi FearonKrzysztof KasejaMaciej KotowskiTarig A SamarkandyAdolfo Leyva-AlvizoLourdes Corzo-CulebroCunchuan WangWah YangZhiyong DongManel RieraRajesh JainHosam HamedMohammed SaidKatia ZarzarManuel GarciaAhmet Gökhan TürkçaparOzan ŞenEdoardo BaldiniLuigi ContiCacio WietzycoskiEduardo LopesTadeja PintarJure SalobirCengiz AydinSemra Demirli AticiAnıl ErginHuseyin CiyiltepeMehmet Abdussamet BozkurtMehmet Celal KizilkayaNezihe Berrin Dodur OnalanMariana Nabila Binti Ahmad ZuberWei Jin WongAmador GarciaLaura VidalMarc BeisaniJorge PasquierRamon VilallongaSharad SharmaChetan ParmarLyndcie LeePratik SufiHüseyin SinanMehmet SaydamPublished in: Obesity surgery (2021)
BS can be performed safely during the COVID-19 pandemic with appropriate perioperative protocols. There was no relationship between preoperative testing for COVID-19 and self-isolation with symptomatic postoperative COVID-19. The risk of postoperative COVID-19 risk was greater in non-whites or if BS was performed during a local peak.