PREscribing preoperative weight loss prior to major non-bariatric abdominal surgery for patients with Elevated weight: Patient and Provider Survey Protocols (PREPARE surveys)

• Tyler McKechnie ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tyler.mckechnie@medportal.ca

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7668-4096

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• Maisa Saddik,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Aristithes Doumouras,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, St. Joseph Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Cagla Eskicioglu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, St. Joseph Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Sameer Parpia,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Mohit Bhandari

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Surgery, Division of Orthopedic Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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