European recommendations from healthcare professionals and people living with obesity on safe practice for bariatric and metabolic surgery medical tourism: a modified Delphi consensus statement from EASO, IFSO-EC, and ECPO
Through collaboration with healthcare professionals and patients living with obesity, we provide European recommendations regarding safe practices concerning BMT. Further evaluation is required regarding outcomes following BMT. These data, alongside the Delphi consensus recommendations, will inform BMT clinical guideline development.
Authors
- Grace O’Malley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2421-3866)
- Vicki Mooney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3648-4687)
- Chetan D. Parmar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1238-6524)
- Susie Birney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3779-8397)
- Ken Clare (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7054-444X)
- Barbara McGowan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2015-726X)
- Daniel Moritz Felsenreich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5229-5096)
- Volkan Yumuk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6463-4916)
- Helen Heneghan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2009-3406)
- Euan Woodward
- Laurence J. Dobbie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1908-848X)
- Ralph Peterli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0038-9795)
- Jason C. G. Halford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1629-3189)
- Sheree Bryant
- Jeff Connell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7241-8025)
- Nicola Di Lorenzo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3370-4912)
- Andreea Ciudin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5622-0203)
- Cathy Breen
Institutions
- University College Dublin (IE)
- University of Rome Tor Vergata (IT)
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ES)
- University of Leeds (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University Hospital of Basel (CH)
- Whittington Hospital (GB)
- Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin (IE)
- Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa (TR)
- St. Vincent's University Hospital (IE)
- St. Columcille's Hospital (IE)
- European Association for the Study of Obesity (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Medical University of Vienna (AT)
- Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Surgery
- Published
- 2024-12-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/js9.0000000000002171
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.55