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Metabolic surgery leads to a mean weight loss of 21.0% in mildly obese patients with T2DM over 5 years.
Practitioners can expect significant weight loss in patients undergoing metabolic surgery.
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At the end of the fifth year, the surgical group had a mean weight loss of 21.0%.
Why this rating
The study compares two groups over a significant follow-up period.
Source
Effect of Bariatric Surgery vs Medical Treatment on Type 2 Diabetes in Patients With Body Mass Index Lower Than 35
Chih‐Cheng Hsu et al. · JAMA Surgery · 2015
cohort · n=351Cited 92×
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