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Rubino, F.* ; Cohen, R.V.* ; Mingrone, G.* ; le Roux, C.W.* ; Mechanick, J.I.* ; Arterburn, D.E.* ; Vidal, J.* ; Alberti, G.* ; Amiel, S.A.* ; Batterham, R.L.* ; Bornstein, S.R. ; Chamseddine, G.* ; Del Prato, S.* ; Dixon, J.B.* ; Eckel, R.H.* ; Hopkins, D.* ; McGowan, B.M.* ; Pan, A.* ; Patel, A.* ; Pattou, F.* ; Schauer, P.R.* ; Zimmet, P.Z.* ; Cummings, D.E.*

Bariatric and metabolic surgery during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: DSS recommendations for management of surgical candidates and postoperative patients and prioritisation of access to surgery.

Lancet Diabet. Endocrinol. 8, 640-648 (2020)
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The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic is wreaking havoc on society, especially health-care systems, including disrupting bariatric and metabolic surgery. The current limitations on accessibility to non -urgent care undermine postoperative monitoring of patients who have undergone such operations. Furthermore, like most elective surgery, new bariatric and metabolic procedures are being postponed worldwide during the pandemic. When the outbreak abates, a backlog of people seeking these operations will exist. Hence, surgical candidates face prolonged delays of beneficial treatment. Because of the progressive nature of obesity and diabetes, delaying surgery increases risks for morbidity and mortality, thus requiring strategies to mitigate harm. The risk of harm, however, varies among patients, depending on the type and severity of their comorbidities. A triaging strategy is therefore needed. The traditional weight -centric patient -selection criteria do not favour cases based on actual clinical needs. In this Personal View, experts from the Diabetes Surgery Summit consensus conference series provide guidance for the management of patients while surgery is delayed and for postoperative surveillance. We also offer a strategy to prioritise bariatric and metabolic surgery candidates on the basis of the diseases that are most likely to be ameliorated postoperatively. Although our system will be particularly germane in the immediate future, it also provides a framework for long-term clinically meaningful prioritisation.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Review
Corresponding Author
Keywords Fatty Liver-disease; Y Gastric Bypass; Type-2 Diabetes Remission; Long-term Mortality; Body-mass Index; Weight-loss; Preoperative Prediction; Translating Research; Obese-patients; Risk
ISSN (print) / ISBN 2213-8587
e-ISSN 2213-8595
Journal Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology
Quellenangaben Volume: 8, Issue: 7, Pages: 640-648 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Elsevier
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Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute for Pancreatic Beta Cell Research (IPI)