Research
Metabolic adaptation
Forty-one patients (52.6%) in the surgery group had complete remission of diabetes, while no patient in the control group had remission.
Surgical intervention may lead to significant diabetes remission in eligible patients.
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Forty-one patients (52.6%) in the surgery group had complete remission of diabetes and 5 (6.4%) had partial remission. No patient in the control group had remission of diabetes.
Why this rating
The study is a retrospective analysis with a significant sample size and long follow-up.
Source
Gastric Bypass Surgery Leads to Long-term Remission or Improvement of Type 2 Diabetes and Significant Decrease of Microvascular and Macrovascular Complications
Yijun Chen et al. · Annals of Surgery · 2015
cohort · n=173Cited 62×
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