Bariatric Surgery is Safe for Patients After Recovery from COVID-19

CONCLUSIONS: Bariatric surgery has been safely performed in patients who made a full recovery from COVID-19 without increased complications due to cardiovascular, pulmonary, venous thromboembolism, or increased mortality rates.PMID:34446386 | DOI:10.1016/j.soard.2021.07.018

Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery - August 27, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: R Wesley Vosburg Janey S A Pratt Tammy Kindel Ann M Rogers Siddharth Kudav Ambar Banerjee Edward Hernandez Dimitrios Athanasiadis Laura E Fischer Kellen Hayes Thomas H Shin Ali Aminian Julie J Kim Source Type: research