Simple tool to prioritize access to bariatric surgery for people living with obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic
Br J Surg
.
2021 Apr 30;108(4):e179-e180.
doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab037.
Authors
S Samarasinghe
1
,
A Sudlow
2
,
G K Dimitriadis
3
,
A R Ahmed
4
,
S Purkayastha
4
,
C Tsironis
4
,
S Hakky
4
,
K Moorthy
4
,
S J B Aylwin
3
,
S Panagiotopoulos
5
,
S El-Hassani
6
,
A G Patel
5
,
H Chahal
1
,
S Hameed
1
,
C W le Roux
7
,
D J Pournaras
2
,
A D Miras
1
Affiliations
1
Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, UK.
2
Department of Surgery, Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK.
3
Department of Endocrinology Centre for Obesity Management, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
4
Department of Surgery, Imperial College London, London, UK.
5
Department of Minimal Access Surgery, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
6
Minimal Access and Bariatric Unit, Princess Royal University Hospital, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
7
Diabetes Complications Research Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
PMID:
33793757
PMCID:
PMC7929353
DOI:
10.1093/bjs/znab037
No abstract available
Publication types
Editorial
MeSH terms
Bariatric Surgery / methods*
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Comorbidity
Humans
Obesity / epidemiology
Obesity / surgery*
Pandemics*
SARS-CoV-2
United Kingdom / epidemiology
Grants and funding
G0902002/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom