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- Title
Restarting Elective Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Under a Security Protocol During the COVID-19 Pandemic—a Prospective Observational Cohort Study.
- Authors
Balieiro, Marcio P. M.; da Silva, Michel M.; Coelho, Antônio C. J.; de Barros, Fernando; Saboya, Carlos; Ferraz, Leonardo R.; Vieira, Mauricio E. G.; Benevenuto, Dyego Sá; de Oliveira e Silva, Luiz G.; Lucas, Marcio; Valente, Fernando; Viegas, Fabio; Kaddoum, Fernando J.; El-Kadre, Luciana J.; Vaisman, Fernanda
- Abstract
Background: During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, in order to protect the patient and to save hospital beds, cancelation of elective surgeries has become a great challenge. Considering that obesity is a chronic disease and the possible effect imposed by quarantine on weight gain with worsening rates of obesity and metabolic comorbidities, the creation of a protocol for a safe return to bariatric surgery became essential. Objective: The aim of this study was to identify the incidence of new-onset severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) symptoms in patients who underwent bariatric procedures during the declining curve period. Setting: Private practice Methods: A prospective observational cohort study was conducted and included patients with indications for bariatric surgery during the decreasing curve period of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic who underwent surgery under a hospital security protocol. Patients were asked to answer a questionnaire and had a swab PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 detection. The primary outcome measure was the presence of 14-day and 30-day postoperative symptoms associated with COVID-19. Mortality was also analyzed. Results: Three hundred patients with negative RT-PCR were operated on from May to June 2020. Seventeen patients had their surgery postponed because of a positive RT-PCR test or close contact. None of the patients developed new-onset SARS-CoV-2 symptomatic infection after 30 days of observation. No deaths were reported. Eleven had complications not related to SARS-CoV-2. Conclusions: Even though this population may have a poorer outcome when infected with SARS-CoV-2, this security protocol has shown that the procedure can be safely performed during the outbreak.
- Subjects
COVID-19 pandemic; ELECTIVE surgery; BARIATRIC surgery; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2
- Publication
Obesity Surgery, 2021, Vol 31, Issue 7, p3083
- ISSN
0960-8923
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11695-021-05368-z