N/A
Completed N=11,545
Bariatric Surgery and COVID-19
COVID · Bariatric Surgery Candidate
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05532891 ↗
Enrolled (actual)
11,545
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Dec 2023
Primary outcomePrimary: Revisions — 746; 316 Participants
Summary
The National Bariatric Surgical Registry (NBSR) is a prospectively collected database for all patients undergoing elective bariatric surgery in the UK. It was used to identify patients that underwent elective bariatric surgery during the pandemic (one year from 1st April 2020). Characteristics of this group were compared with a pre-pandemic cohort (one year from 1st September 2018).
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Revisions |
746; 316 | — |
| PRIMARY Private |
2084; 1356 | — |
| SECONDARY Completed Laparoscopically |
6268; 1552 | — |
| SECONDARY Length of Stay |
2.17; 2.0 | — |
| SECONDARY Surgical Complications |
126; 22 | — |
| SECONDARY Presence of Second Consultant |
289; 56 | — |
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
All patients listed on National Bariatric Surgical Registry (NBSR) that underwent elective bariatric surgery during the pandemic (one year from 1st April 2020) or prior to the pandemic (one year from 1st September 2018) -
Exclusion Criteria
- Where a variable was 'not recorded' this point was excluded from analysis. For age, gender, procedure type and provider the records were 100% complete, for BMI at time of surgery there was 5% missing data and for other variables the missing value rate was 2% or lower.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05532891). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication. Informational only — not medical advice.