Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on bariatric surgery in India: An obesity and metabolic surgery society of India survey of 1307 patients

Conclusion: BMS may be considered as a safe treatment option for patients suffering from clinically severe obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Due care must be taken to protect patients and healthcare workers and all procedures must be conducted in line with the safe practice guidelines.

Source: Journal of Minimal Access Surgery - September 17, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Aparna Govil Bhasker Manish Khaitan Vivek Bindal Amardeep Kumar Anirudh Rajkumar Anshuman Kaushal Arun Prasad Chirag Parikh Daksh Sethi Deep Goel Deepak Thampi Hareendran Digvijay Bedi Gurvinder Singh Jammu Jayanth Leo Kuldeepak Kular Mahendra Narwaria Ma Source Type: research