Recommendations for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic from IFSO

Affiliations

¹ Department of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
² Department of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. twcc@jnu.edu.cn.
³ Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. sshikora@bwh.harvard.edu.
⁴ Adelaide Bariatric Centre, Flinders Private Hospital, Bedford Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. lilian.kow@flinders.edu.au.

Guideline

Wah Yang et al. Obes Surg. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;30(6):2071-2073.

doi: 10.1007/s11695-020-04578-1.

¹ Department of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
² Department of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. twcc@jnu.edu.cn.
³ Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. sshikora@bwh.harvard.edu.
⁴ Adelaide Bariatric Centre, Flinders Private Hospital, Bedford Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. lilian.kow@flinders.edu.au.

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Conflict of interest statement

All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. However, Scott Shikora is the Editor-in-Chief of Obesity Surgery.

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