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Bariatric surgery offers glycemic improvements and potential remission of early onset diabetes, but weight loss results are lower in patients with diabetes compared to those without.
Practitioners should be aware that while bariatric surgery can improve glycemic control, the weight loss outcomes may not be as significant for patients with diabetes.
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Although bariatric surgery offers glycemic improvements and in the case of early onset diabetes disease remission, weight loss results are lower than for obese patients without diabetes.
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Source
Prehabilitation of overweight and obese patients with dysglycemia awaiting bariatric surgery: Predicting the success of obesity treatment
Maja Cigrovski Berković et al. · World Journal of Diabetes · 2022
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