Descriptive Analysis of International Bariatric Surgery Tourism Services

Inadequate access to public bariatric surgical services has favoured the growth of bariatric tourism. This study analysed data extracted from bariatric surgical centres that care for patients travelling from abroad. The research highlights apparent deficits in accreditation, communication, periopera...

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Autores principales: Azlan, Ariffin, Finucane, Francis M., Flaherty, Gerard T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2023
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10079712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36826678
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11695-023-06522-5
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spelling pubmed-100797122023-04-08 Descriptive Analysis of International Bariatric Surgery Tourism Services Azlan, Ariffin Finucane, Francis M. Flaherty, Gerard T. Obes Surg Brief Communication Inadequate access to public bariatric surgical services has favoured the growth of bariatric tourism. This study analysed data extracted from bariatric surgical centres that care for patients travelling from abroad. The research highlights apparent deficits in accreditation, communication, perioperative care, and travel health advice. An international registry of accredited bariatric tourism providers and patient education may be indicated. Springer US 2023-02-24 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC10079712/ /pubmed/36826678 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11695-023-06522-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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