Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admission rates of patients with malnutrition and/or neuromuscular complications after bariatric surgery

Abstract

Objectives: To assess and compare the admission rates of medical complications )MC( after Bariatric and metabolic surgery )BMS( over a period of 6 years prior to and during the pandemic. Bariatric and metabolic surgery could be associated with MC, including malnutrition and neuromuscular complications )NC(.