Bariatric Tele-screening During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Holding Back for Direct Approval?
Yentl LodewijksSimon NienhuijsPublished in: Obesity surgery (2022)
Tele-screening in bariatric centers is feasible; the multidisciplinary team's decision was not significantly different between tele-screening and face-to-face screening which encourages the use of tele-screening in the future. An insignificant amount of fewer direct approvals and more denials were observed in the tele-screening group, which should be taken into account in future and larger case studies.