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01-03-2021 | Endoscopy | Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Experience of Endoscopic Intra-Gastric Balloons Removal During COVID-19 Pandemic in 98 Patients

Authors: Nesreen Khidir, Asaad Salama, Moataz Bashah

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 3/2021

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The novel coronavirus outbreak (2019-nCoV) was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 30th January 2020, and a pandemic on 11th March 2020 [1]. International guidelines have been issued, and most elective surgeries were postponed [2]. Additionally, IFSO guidelines recommended postponing the elective Bariatric and Metabolic (B&M) surgeries [3]. Accordingly, all elective bariatric procedures stopped in our center, and the practice became limited to urgent interventions for bariatric complications. …

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Title: Letter to the Editor: Experience of Endoscopic Intra-Gastric Balloons Removal During COVID-19 Pandemic in 98 Patients
Authors: Nesreen Khidir
Asaad Salama
Moataz Bashah
Publication date: 01-03-2021
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Endoscopy
COVID-19
General Anesthesia
Published in: Obesity Surgery / Issue 3/2021
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-020-05046-6

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