ArticleObesity surgery2022
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Utilization and Safety in the United States.
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- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on racial disparities in adolescent bariatric surgery: an MBSAQIP analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Sex differences in the influence of weight bias internalization on preferences for telehealth utilization among people with obesity.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2026Article
- COVID-19 on Elective Surgery Outcomes in a Brazilian Tertiary Hospital: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025Article
- Association of Social Media Recruitment and Depression Among Racially and Ethnically Diverse Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Candidates: Prospective Cohort Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Effect of COVID-19 changes on outcomes and socioeconomic disparities following metabolic and bariatric surgery.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
- Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Utilization Trends in the United States: Evidence From 2012 to 2021 National Electronic Medical Records Network.Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2023Article
- A Comparative Analysis of Safety and Efficacy of Bariatric Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Pre-Pandemic Period: Insights from the Tehran Obesity Treatment Study.World journal of surgery · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundMetabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) is a safe and effective treatment option for severe obesity. The utilization and health and safety outcomes of MBS in the United States (US) during the COVID-19 pandemic versus 2015-2019 among adolescent and adult populations and by ethnic group is largely unknown.
methodsThe 2015-2020 Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) longitudinal (30-day) cohort data was used to compare adolescent and adult (N = 1,134,522) post-operative outcomes and to calculate MBS utilization pre-pandemic (2015-2019) versus pandemic (2020). Cochran-Armitage trend tests compared MBS utilization and safety outcomes over time from 2015 to 2020. Logistic regression analysis compared the odds of hospital readmission and MBS completion pre-pandemic versus pandemic by key characteristics.
resultsMBS utilization increased by 8.1% among youth (from 970 to 1140 procedures) and decreased by 10.2% among adults (from 205,232 to 167,384) from 2019 to 2020, respectively. MBS increased by 18.5% during the pandemic for youth who identified as other/multiracial (P trend < 0.001). Among US youth, the number of reoperations and reinterventions significantly decreased over the 6-year time frame (P trend < .001). Among US adults, 30-day post MBS mortality, reoperations, readmissions, and reinterventions all showed a significant decrease over time (P trend < .001) while septic shock and sepsis increased from pre-pandemic to the first year of the pandemic (P trend < 0.001).
conclusionIn comparison to 2019 (or to previous years), US MBS utilization increased for youth but decreased for adults during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Safety outcomes were comparable to those of the pre-pandemic years.
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