Bariatric and metabolic surgery during covid-19 outbreak phase-2 in italy: why, when and how to restart

Since its first isolation in Wuhan, China in December 2019, the novel Coronavirus 2 [SARS-CoV-2] responsible for the COVID-19, has become, in just a few months a pandemic. In Italy the first person-to-person transmission was reported on February 21st, 2020, in Lombardia region, causing so far one of the most extensive outbreaks in Europe. As of May 4th, 2020, the total number of cases in Italy was 211,938, with 29,079 deaths and the estimated percentage of infected persons was 4,76% (4,28%-5,37%), that means almost 5.000.000 people [1,2].

Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - June 22, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Giuseppe M. Marinari, Marco Anselmino, Carlo Tascini, Paolo Bernante, Mirto Foletto, Paolo Gentileschi, Mario Morino, Stefano Olmi, Mauro Toppino, Gianfranco Silecchia Tags: Controversies in Bariatric Surgery Source Type: research