Follow-Up, Safety, and Satisfaction with Tele-bariatric Follow-Up Implemented During the COVID-19 French Lockdown: a 2-Year Follow-Up Study.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic was initially responsible for a global restricted access to healthcare resources including the follow-up of at-risk populations such as bariatric patients. We substituted face-to-face bariatric follow-up outpatient clinics (FTFC) with teleclinics (TC) during the lockdown.

Material And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed data collected on all patients scheduled for TC during the French lockdown period (March 15 to May 15, 2020) (N = 87).