Observational studySurgical endoscopy2023
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Inpatient and Outpatient Utilization of Bariatric Surgery.
Observational study in Surgical endoscopy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Post-operative Hemoglobin Trends for Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery: A Retrospective Observational Study.Obesity surgery · 2026Observational
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on racial disparities in adolescent bariatric surgery: an MBSAQIP analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Patient and operative characteristics of readmission and poly-readmission following metabolic surgery: an MBSAQIP analysis (2015-2021).Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Staying on Track: Factors Influencing 10-Year Follow-Up Adherence After Sleeve Gastrectomy.Obesity surgery · 2025Article
- Changes in the liver transplant evaluation process during the early COVID-19 era and the role of telehealth.World journal of transplantation · 2025Article
- Same Day Discharge after Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Adults 65 Years and Older: An Analysis of the 2015 to 2022 MBSAQIP.Obesity surgery · 2025Article
- Comment on: Ambulatory discharge of patients undergoing sleeve gastrectomy results in significantly more adverse outcomes.Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery · 2024Article
- The Long Haul to Surgery: Long COVID Has Minimal Burden on Surgical Departments.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Fully ambulatory robotic single anastomosis duodeno-ileal bypass (SADI): 40 consecutive patients in a single tertiary bariatric center.BMC surgery · 2024Article
- Socioeconomic disparities in lumbar fusion rates were exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic.North American Spine Society journal · 2024Article
- Trends of Opioid Usage in Surgical Patients in a Small Community Hospital: Analysis of Patient Data Between 2017 and 2021.Hospital pharmacy · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, deferral of inpatient elective surgical procedures served as a primary mechanism to increase surge inpatient capacity. Given the benefit of bariatric surgery on treating obesity and associated comorbidities, decreased access to bariatric surgery may have long-term public health consequences. Understanding the extent of the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic to bariatric surgery will help health systems plan for appropriate access. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis is an observational cohort study using the PINC AI Healthcare Database from 1/1/2019-6/31/2021. A Poisson regression model with patient characteristics and hospital-fixed effects was used to assess the relative monthly within-hospital reduction in surgical encounters, variations by race and ethnicity, and shift from inpatient to outpatient procedures. A multivariate linear probability model was used to assess the change in 30-day readmissions from 2020 and 2021 compared to 2019.
resultsAmong 309 hospitals, there were 46,539 bariatric procedures conducted in 2019 with a 14.8% reduction in volume to 39,641 procedures in 2020. There were 22,642 bariatric procedures observed from January to June of 2021. The most pronounced decrease in volume occurred in April with an 89.7% relative reduction from 2019. Black and Hispanic patients were more likely to receive bariatric surgery after the height of the pandemic compared to white patients. A clinically significant shift from inpatient to outpatient bariatric surgical procedures was not observed. Relative to 2019, there were no significant differences in bariatric surgical readmission rates.
conclusionDuring the pandemic there was a sizable decrease in bariatric surgical volume. There did not appear to be disparities in access to bariatric surgery for minority patients. We did not observe a meaningful shift toward outpatient bariatric surgical procedures. Post-pandemic, monitoring is needed to assess if hospitals have been able to meet the demand for bariatric surgical procedures.
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