Alicja Dudek1, Michał Wysocki1, Maciej Walędziak2, Jacek Szeliga3, Monika Proczko-Stepaniak4, Michał Pędziwiatr1, Piotr Major5. 1. 2ndDepartment of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Jakubowskiego 2 st., 30-688, Krakow, Poland. 2. Department of General, Oncological, Metabolic and Thoracic Surgery, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland. 3. Department of General, Gastroenterological, and Oncological Surgery, Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland. 4. Department of General, Endocrine and Transplant Surgery, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland. 5. 2ndDepartment of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Jakubowskiego 2 st., 30-688, Krakow, Poland. piotr.major@uj.edu.pl.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Coronavirus Disease 2019 is affecting most countries around the world, including Poland. In response, all elective surgeries have been postponed. We asked patients and surgeons when they want bariatric surgery to resume after pandemic. The main aim of the study was to determine patients' and surgeons' expectations about when to resume bariatric surgery regarding COVID-19 pandemic state. METHODS: The study was conducted in two groups: Group 1-bariatric patients; Group 2-bariatric surgeons. Two online surveys were distributed. RESULTS: A total of 895 patients, 299 before, 596 after surgery and 32 surgeons took part in survey. All patients and surgeons declared willingness to resume bariatric surgeries after pandemic and responded that they should be resumed immediately the World Health Organization announces end of pandemic (42%). The majority of patients before surgery answered that bariatric procedures should be resumed immediately the number of daily incidents begins to decrease (53%). In the patient group, current body mass index (p < 0.001) and contact with COVID+/quarantined persons (p < 0.001) had impact on the response to resumption of bariatric procedures. CONCLUSIONS: Patients opted to wait for bariatric surgery until the oncological queue has become shorter. Surgeons presented a readiness to resume both procedures in parallel.
BACKGROUND:Coronavirus Disease 2019 is affecting most countries around the world, including Poland. In response, all elective surgeries have been postponed. We asked patients and surgeons when they want bariatric surgery to resume after pandemic. The main aim of the study was to determine patients' and surgeons' expectations about when to resume bariatric surgery regarding COVID-19 pandemic state. METHODS: The study was conducted in two groups: Group 1-bariatric patients; Group 2-bariatric surgeons. Two online surveys were distributed. RESULTS: A total of 895 patients, 299 before, 596 after surgery and 32 surgeons took part in survey. All patients and surgeons declared willingness to resume bariatric surgeries after pandemic and responded that they should be resumed immediately the World Health Organization announces end of pandemic (42%). The majority of patients before surgery answered that bariatric procedures should be resumed immediately the number of daily incidents begins to decrease (53%). In the patient group, current body mass index (p < 0.001) and contact with COVID+/quarantined persons (p < 0.001) had impact on the response to resumption of bariatric procedures. CONCLUSIONS:Patients opted to wait for bariatric surgery until the oncological queue has become shorter. Surgeons presented a readiness to resume both procedures in parallel.
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Bariatric care after the pandemic; Bariatric surgery; SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
Authors: Piotr Major; Tomasz Stefura; Michał Wysocki; Piotr Małczak; Anna Rzepa; Monika Proczko-Stepaniak; Jacek Szeliga; Michał Pędziwiatr Journal: BMC Surg Date: 2020-12-03 Impact factor: 2.102
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