Safer through surgery: American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery statement regarding metabolic and bariatric surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Abstract
The surgical treatment of obesity and its complications has been postponed in many parts of the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, similar to the postponements for nonurgent surgical treatment of many other human conditions and disease processes. Many have characterized bariatric and metabolic surgery along with cosmetic plastic surgery as clear-cut examples of elective procedures that must be postponed during COVID-19. Some U.S. states have included these types of procedures in their state-wide order as examples of “elective” surgical procedures that should be the last to be restarted.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineSurgeryPandemicSAFERCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Elective surgerySurgical proceduresObesityDiseaseGeneral surgeryInfectious disease (medical specialty)Internal medicineComputer securityComputer scienceBody Contouring and SurgeryBariatric Surgery and OutcomesObesity and Health Practices