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Bariatric and metabolic surgery is more effective than medicinal treatment for reversing NASH and improving liver fibrosis.

Practitioners should consider bariatric surgery as a treatment option for patients with NASH who are also obese and have type 2 diabetes.

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The trial’s findings demonstrated that surgery was more effective than medicinal treatment after a year following surgery at completely reversing the inflammation and cell damage that are the hallmarks of NASH without aggravating hepatic fibrosis.
Burhanuddin Sohail Rangwala et al. · International Journal of Surgery Global Health · 2023

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Based on a randomized trial comparing surgical and medicinal treatments.

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Bariatric surgery the best potential treatment for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)

Burhanuddin Sohail Rangwala et al. · International Journal of Surgery Global Health · 2023

DOI 10.1097/gh9.0000000000000168

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