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Editorial
. 2021 Feb;158(1):1-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2020.12.002. Epub 2020 Dec 5.

Obesity surgery and COVID-19 pandemic: What is the suitable attitude to adopt?

A Sterkers  1 , M-C Blanchet  2 , L Genser  3 , L Rebibo  4 , R Kassir  5 , F Pattou  6 , S Msika  7
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Editorial

Obesity surgery and COVID-19 pandemic: What is the suitable attitude to adopt?

A Sterkers et al. J Visc Surg. 2021 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: Bariatric surgery; COVID-19; Guidelines; Obesity; Pandemic.

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