Post-Operative but Not Pre-Operative COVID-19 Predicts Serious Complications and Mortality Following Elective Bariatric Surgery.
Valentin MocanuKevin VerhoeffJerry DangDaniel W BirchShahzeer KarmaliNoah J SwitzerPublished in: Obesity surgery (2023)
Pre-operative COVID-19 within 14 days of surgery was not significantly associated with either serious complications or mortality. This work provides evidence that a more liberal strategy which employs early surgery after COVID-19 infection is safe as we aim to reduce the current bariatric surgery case backlog.
Keyphrases
- bariatric surgery
- coronavirus disease
- minimally invasive
- sars cov
- coronary artery bypass
- risk factors
- weight loss
- obese patients
- cardiovascular events
- surgical site infection
- patients undergoing
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- cardiovascular disease
- coronary artery disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- atrial fibrillation