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Pujol-Rafols J, Carmona-Maurici J, Felsenreich DM, Shikora SA, Prager G, Di Lorenzo N, De Luca M, Uyanik O, Mazzarella M, D'Arco S, Angrisani L, Pardina E, Balibrea JM. Indications and Coverage of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: A Worldwide IFSO Survey Comparing Different National Guidelines. Obes Surg 2024; 34:1395-1404. [PMID: 38472706 DOI: 10.1007/s11695-024-07142-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Revised: 01/19/2024] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Knowing how metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) is indicated in different countries is essential information for the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO). AIM To analyze the indications for MBS recommended by each of the national societies that comprise the IFSO and how MBS is financed in their countries. METHODS All IFSO societies were asked to fill out a survey asking whether they have, and which are their national guidelines, and if MBS is covered by their public health service. RESULTS Sixty-three out of the 72 IFSO national societies answered the form (87.5%). Among them, 74.6% have some kind of guidelines regarding indications for MBS. Twenty-two percent are still based on the US National Institute of Health (NIH) 1991 recommendations, 43.5% possess guidelines midway the 1991s and ASMBS/IFSO 2022 ones, and 34% have already adopted the latest ASMBS/IFSO 2022 guidelines. MBS was financially covered in 65% of the countries. CONCLUSIONS Most of the IFSO member societies have MBS guidelines. While more than a third of them have already shifted to the most updated ASMBS/IFSO 2022 ones, another significant number of countries are still following the NIH 1991 guidelines or even do not have any at all. Besides, there is a significant number of countries in which surgical treatment is not yet financially covered. More effort is needed to standardize indications worldwide and to influence insurers and health policymakers to increase the coverage of MBS.
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Affiliation(s)
- J Pujol-Rafols
- Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Unit (UCOM), Clínica Mi Tres Torres and Hospital HM Delfos, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biomedicina Molecular, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Visceral Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Harvard Medical School, Department of Surgery Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Visceral Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Dept. of Surgical Sciences, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Rovigo Hospital, Italy
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- Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Consorci Alt Penedes i Garraf, Hospital Residencia Sant Camil, Sant Pere de Ribes, Barcelona, Spain
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- IFSO Headquarters, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, Federico II" University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biomedicina Molecular, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Endocrine, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Surgery, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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