• Sjaak Pouwels, Islam Omar, Sandeep Aggarwal, Ali Aminian, Luigi Angrisani, Jose María 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, Rafols Juan Pujol JP Clínica Mi Tres Torres, Barcelona, Spain., 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, and Kamal Mahawar.
• Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Elisabeth Tweesteden Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
• Obes Surg. 2021 Jan 1; 31 (1): 451-456.

AbstractThe 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.

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