Incidence and presentation of COVID-19 in the vaccinated and unvaccinated patients undergoing bariatric surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to describe the incidence and clinical presentation of fully vaccinated and unvaccinated patients who tested positive for COVID-19 in the first year after Madina Women's Hospital in Alexandria, Egypt, resumed bariatric surgery procedures. (The clinic was closed between March 2020 and reopened in mid-October 2020).

Methods

This prospective cohort study was conducted between November 2020 till the end of December 2021. We identified patients undergoing bariatric surgery infected with COVID-19 with and without vaccination. COVID-19 severity was assessed based on the Egypt Ministry of Health guidelines. Some patients were isolated at home, whereas others were hospitalised.

Results

During the one year after the restart of bariatric surgery proce

SUBMITTER: Hany M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9075980 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature