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cord-321282-fyhkok3t	Beglaibter, Nahum	Practices and attitudes of bariatric surgeons in Israel during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic	2020-10-30		.txt	text/plain	4169	235	53	In the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic the bariatric surgeons' community faced many concerns and challenges, especially in light of a decree issued by the Ministry of Health (MOH) on March 22nd, to ban all elective surgery in public hospitals. The administrators in the public sector, but more so in the private sector were ambiguous in instructing staff, leading surgeons to a more "personal non-structured" practice in the first phase of the pandemic. On March 22nd, 2020, peak pandemic in Israel, a governmental decree banned all elective surgery (including bariatric procedures) in the public sector. The aim of this survey is to compare the practices and attitudes of bariatric surgeons in the public and the private sectors during the first phase of the pandemic in light of conflicting guidelines. The information gathered referred to bariatric surgery practice by sector (public, private) following the governmental decree dated March 22nd 2020, as well as contraindications for bariatric procedures and use of protective equipment.	./cache/cord-321282-fyhkok3t.txt	./txt/cord-321282-fyhkok3t.txt