[1
]GRID grid.6530.0, ISNI 0000 0001 2300 0941, Department of Surgical Sciences, , University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, ; Rome, Italy
[2
]GRID grid.440838.3, ISNI 0000 0001 0642 7601, Department of Surgery, , European University of Cyprus, ; Nicosia, Cyprus
[3
]Department of Surgery, Mediterranean Hospital of Cyprus, Limassol, Cyprus
[4
]GRID grid.83440.3b, ISNI 0000000121901201, Centre for Obesity Research, , University College London, ; London, UK
[5
]GRID grid.451056.3, ISNI 0000 0001 2116 3923, Biomedical Research Centre, , National Institute of Health Research, ; London, UK
[6
]GRID grid.411474.3, ISNI 0000 0004 1760 2630, Internal Medicine 3, Department of Medicine, DIMED, Center for the Study and the Integrated
Treatment of Obesity, , University Hospital of Padua, ; Padua, Italy
[7
]Department of Anesthesiology, Ponderas Academic Hospital Regina Maria, Bucharest,
Romania
[8
]GRID grid.7841.a, Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Faculty of Pharmacy and
Medicine, , “La Sapienza” University of Rome-Polo Pontino, Bariatric Centre of Excellence IFSO-EC,
; Via F. Faggiana 1668, 04100 Latina, Italy
[9
]Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Surgery, University of Insubria, Ospedale di
Circolo and Fondazione Macchi, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy
[10
]Department of General Surgery, ULSS5 del Veneto, Adria, Italy
[11
]GRID grid.411109.c, ISNI 0000 0000 9542 1158, Unit of Innovation in Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of General and Digestive
Surgery, , University Hospital “Virgen del Rocío”, ; 41010 Sevilla, Spain
[12
]GRID grid.435296.f, ISNI 0000 0004 0631 0413, Herzliya Medical Center, ; Herzliya, Israel
[13
]GRID grid.412966.e, ISNI 0000 0004 0480 1382, Department of Surgery, , Maastricht University Medical Centre, ; Maastricht, The Netherlands
[14
]GRID grid.413396.a, ISNI 0000 0004 1768 8905, Hospital Sant Pau, UAB, ; Barcelona, Spain
[15
]Department of General Surgery, Ponderas Academic Hospital Regina Maria, Bucharest,
Romania
[16
]Division of General Surgery, Castelfranco and Montebelluna Hospitals, Treviso, Italy
[17
]GRID grid.12136.37, ISNI 0000 0004 1937 0546, Department of Internal Medicine D, Hasharon Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Sackler
School of Medicine, , Tel Aviv University, ; Tel Aviv, Israel
[18
]GRID grid.22937.3d, ISNI 0000 0000 9259 8492, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, , Vienna Medical University, ; Vienna, Austria
[19
]GRID grid.440204.6, ISNI 0000 0004 0487 0310, Department of General Surgery, , Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, ; Yeovil, UK
[20
]Center for Treatment of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders, OB Klinika, Prague, Czech
Republic
[21
]GRID grid.12136.37, ISNI 0000 0004 1937 0546, Sackler School of Medicine, , Tel Aviv University, ; Tel Aviv, Israel
[22
]GRID grid.413795.d, ISNI 0000 0001 2107 2845, Department of Surgery C, , Chaim Sheba Medical Center, ; Ramat Gan, Israel
[23
]GRID grid.10025.36, ISNI 0000 0004 1936 8470, Department of Psychological Sciences, Institute of Psychology, Health and Society,
, University of Liverpool, ; Liverpool, UK
[24
]GRID grid.415070.7, ISNI 0000 0004 0622 8129, Emergency Department, , General Hospital of Attica “KAT”, ; Athens, Greece
[25
]GRID grid.12380.38, ISNI 0000 0004 1754 9227, VU Amsterdam, ; Amsterdam, Netherlands
[26
]General Surgery Department, Consorci Sanitari de L’Anoia, Barcelona, Spain
[27
]GRID grid.7080.f, Endocrine, Metabolic and Bariatric Unit, General Surgery Department, Vall D’Hebron
University Hospital, Center of Excellence for the EAC-BC, , Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, ; Barcelona, Spain
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