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01-08-2021 | Obesity | Letter to the Editor

Outpatient Clinic in Obesity Care During COVID-19 Outbreak: Physically Far, Virtually Near. Brief Correspondence on a Single Center Experience: Cohort Study

Authors: Francesco Pizza, Dario D’Antonio, Chiara Dell’Isola, Francesco Saverio Lucido, Claudio Gambardella

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 8/2021

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Bariatric patients represent a constantly increasing subset of frail subjects. Patients undergoing obesity surgery need time and qualified support, especially at the beginning of the surgical experience, in order to prevent any quality of life (QoL) alterations. One of the keys of success is based on an adequate follow-up, with a multidisciplinary support, avoiding wrong nutritional and dietary habits and detecting psychological or surgical complications. …

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Title: Outpatient Clinic in Obesity Care During COVID-19 Outbreak: Physically Far, Virtually Near. Brief Correspondence on a Single Center Experience: Cohort Study
Authors: Francesco Pizza
Dario D’Antonio
Chiara Dell’Isola
Francesco Saverio Lucido
Claudio Gambardella
Publication date: 01-08-2021
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Obesity
Obesity
Bariatric Surgery
Bariatric Surgery
COVID-19
Telemedicine
Published in: Obesity Surgery / Issue 8/2021
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-021-05433-7

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