Published in:
01-06-2018 | Letter to the Editor
Reply to IFSO Worldwide Survey 2014
Authors:
Mervyn Deitel, Karl Peter Rheinwalt, Andreas Plamper, Rudolf Weiner, Sonja Chiappetta, Jean Cady, Antoine Soprani, Roger Charles Luciani, Miguel A. Carbajo, Mario Musella
Published in:
Obesity Surgery
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Issue 6/2018
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Excerpt
The Reply by Angrisani et al. [
1] explaining their “IFSO Worldwide Survey 2014” suggests a noble attempt to offer worldwide data from their questionnaires, and should be read by all who read this Reply. They admit that their data collection has flaws. Only 35% of national societies had a national registry, and most of the data were “estimated”. The questionnaire was sent by the IFSO secretary, and although most of the MGB-OAGB Club members are IFSO members, the Club has never been successful in getting the secretary to announce our annual Conference (this year, in Valladolid, June 28–29
www.mgb-oagb2018.org) to the IFSO membership. …
