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Bariatric surgery significantly reduces all-cause mortality, disease-specific mortality (cancer, cardiovascular, diabetes), and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) in patients with severe obesity compared to matched non-surgical controls.
For individuals with severe obesity, bariatric surgery is a highly effective intervention for reducing the risk of death from cancer, heart disease, and diabetes, as well as preventing major cardiovascular events. It offers superior long-term outcomes compared to lifestyle changes alone for this population. Patients should discuss these benefits with their healthcare providers to determine if they are candidates.
Bariatric surgery was associated with a lower risk of disease-specific mortality including cancer mortality [hazard ratio with 95% confidence interval: 0.46 (0.37–0.58)], cardiovascular mortality [0.38 (0.29–0.50)], and diabetes mortality [0.25 (0.11–0.57)]. Bariatric surgery was associated with a lower incidence of MACEs [0.58 (0.51–0.66)] and its components including all-cause mortality [0.52 (0.47–0.58)]...
Why this rating
High-quality meta-analysis of 40 matched cohort studies with large sample sizes, though observational design limits causal inference compared to RCTs.
Source
Disease-specific mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events after bariatric surgery: a meta-analysis of age, sex, and BMI-matched cohort studies
Beibei Cui et al. · International Journal of Surgery · 2023
DOI 10.1097/js9.0000000000000066
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