The First Modified Delphi Consensus Statement for Resuming Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery in the COVID-19 Times

Sjaak Pouwels; Islam Omar; Sandeep Aggarwal; Ali Aminian; Luigi Angrisani; Jose Maria Balibrea; Mohit Bhandari; L. Ulas Biter; Robin P. Blackstone; Miguel A. Carbajo; Catalin A. Copaescu; Jerome Dargent; Mohamed Hayssam Elfawal; Mathias A. Fobi; Jan-Willem Greve; Eric J. Hazebroek; Miguel F. Herrera; Jacques M. Himpens; Farah A. Hussain; Radwan Kassir; David Kerrigan; Manish Khaitan; Lilian Kow; Jon Kristinsson; Marina Kurian; Rami Edward Lutfi; Rachel L. Moore; Patrick Noel; Mahir M. Ozmen; Jaime Ponce; Gerhard Prager; Sanjay Purkayastha; Juan Pujol Rafols; Almino C. Ramos; Rui J. S. Ribeiro; Nasser Sakran; Paulina Salminen; Asim Shabbir; Scott A. Shikora; Rishi Singhal; Peter K. Small; Craig J. Taylor; Antonio J. Torres; Carlos Vaz; Yury Yashkov; Kamal Mahawar

doi:10.1007/s11695-020-04883-9

The First Modified Delphi Consensus Statement for Resuming Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery in the COVID-19 Times

Sjaak Pouwels, Islam Omar, Sandeep Aggarwal, Ali Aminian, Luigi Angrisani, Jose Maria Balibrea, Mohit Bhandari, L. Ulas Biter, Robin P. Blackstone, Miguel A. Carbajo, Catalin A. Copaescu, Jerome Dargent, Mohamed Hayssam Elfawal, Mathias A. Fobi, Jan-Willem Greve, Eric J. Hazebroek, Miguel F. Herrera, Jacques M. Himpens, Farah A. Hussain, Radwan KassirDavid Kerrigan, Manish Khaitan, Lilian Kow, Jon Kristinsson, Marina Kurian, Rami Edward Lutfi, Rachel L. Moore, Patrick Noel, Mahir M. Ozmen, Jaime Ponce, Gerhard Prager, Sanjay Purkayastha, Juan Pujol Rafols, Almino C. Ramos, Rui J. S. Ribeiro, Nasser Sakran, Paulina Salminen, Asim Shabbir, Scott A. Shikora, Rishi Singhal, Peter K. Small, Craig J. Taylor, Antonio J. Torres, Carlos Vaz, Yury Yashkov, Kamal Mahawar^*

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to achieve consensus amongst a global panel of expert bariatric surgeons on various aspects of resuming Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery (BMS) during the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. A modified Delphi consensus-building protocol was used to build consensus amongst 44 globally recognised bariatric surgeons. The experts were asked to either agree or disagree with 111 statements they collectively proposed over two separate rounds. An agreement amongst >= 70.0% of experts was construed as consensus as per the predetermined methodology. We present here 38 of our key recommendations. This first global consensus statement on the resumption of BMS can provide a framework for multidisciplinary BMS teams planning to resume local services as well as guide future research in this area.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	451-456
Number of pages	6
Journal	Obesity Surgery
Volume	31
Issue number	1
Early online date	1 Aug 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-020-04883-9
Publication status	Published - Jan 2021

Keywords

COVID-19
Resuming elective surgery
Bariatric surgery
Obesity surgery

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Pouwels, S., Omar, I., Aggarwal, S., Aminian, A., Angrisani, L., Maria Balibrea, J., Bhandari, M., Biter, L. U., Blackstone, R. P., Carbajo, M. A., Copaescu, C. A., Dargent, J., Elfawal, M. H., Fobi, M. A., Greve, J.-W., Hazebroek, E. J., Herrera, M. F., Himpens, J. M., Hussain, F. A., ... Mahawar, K. (2021). The First Modified Delphi Consensus Statement for Resuming Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery in the COVID-19 Times. Obesity Surgery, 31(1), 451-456. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-020-04883-9

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