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SynthesisObesity surgery2025

Is Telemedicine as Effective as Face-to-Face Care to Patients with Health Outcomes of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery? Results from a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Gabriela Sousa de Oliveira, Ruanda Pereira Maia, Patrícia Borges Botelho Gamba, Ana Claudia Morais Godoy Figueiredo, Kênia Mara Baiocchi de Carvalho

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Synthesis in Obesity surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Gabriela Sousa de OliveiraUniversity of Brasília, Campus Universitario Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, 70910900, Brazil.
Ruanda Pereira MaiaUniversity of Brasília, Campus Universitario Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, 70910900, Brazil.
Patrícia Borges Botelho GambaState University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.
Ana Claudia Morais Godoy FigueiredoFoundation for Teaching and Research in Health Sciences, Brasília-DF, Brazil.
Kênia Mara Baiocchi de CarvalhoUniversity of Brasília, Campus Universitario Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, 70910900, Brazil. kenia@unb.br.

Funding

Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa do Distrito Federal 00193-00002309/2022-00
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to review the effectiveness of clinical treatment delivered via teleconsultation, guided by a healthcare professional, compared to face-to-face care for individuals at any period of metabolic and bariatric surgery. A total of 3701 studies were identified from searches across seven databases, with nine studies included in the qualitative synthesis and six in the meta-analysis. Teleconsultation demonstrated comparable outcomes to face-to-face care regarding adherence rates (OR 1.17, p = 0.44) and postoperative BMI loss (MD - 0.29, p = 0.87), suggesting that teleconsultation may be an equally effective and viable alternative to in-person treatment. However, the low level of evidence due to the high risk of bias underscores the need for further high-quality studies to confirm these findings.

Indexed as

Bariatric SurgeryObesity, MorbidTelemedicineBody Mass IndexHumansPatient ComplianceTreatment OutcomeWeight LossMetabolic and bariatric surgeryObesitySystematic reviewTelemedicine

Identifiers

PMID40106169

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