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The postoperative incidence of beneficial effects and complications from RYGB varies across patient subgroups with different preoperative characteristics.
Individualized assessment of patients is crucial to optimize RYGB outcomes and minimize complications.
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Postoperative incidence of beneficial effects and complications, however, differ across subgroups of patients with different preoperative characteristics.
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Based on high-level evidence from randomized clinical trials.
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Pros and cons of Roux en-Y gastric bypass surgery in obese patients with type 2 diabetes
Tummas Justinussen et al. · Expert Review of Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2019
DOI 10.1080/17446651.2019.1628639
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