Bariatric Surgery versus Intensive Medical Therapy for Diabetes — 3-Year Outcomes

R. Schauer, Philip; L. Bhatt, Deepak; P. Kirwan, John; Wolski, Kathy; A. Brethauer, Stacy; D. Navaneethan, Sankar; Aminian, Ali; E. Pothier, Claire; S.H. Kim, Esther; E. Nissen, Steven; R. Kashyap, Sangeeta

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1401329

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Bariatric Surgery versus Intensive Medical Therapy for Diabetes — 3-Year Outcomes

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Mar 31, 2014

Authors:

Philip R. Schauer

Deepak L. Bhatt

John P. Kirwan

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In short-term randomized trials (duration, 1 to 2 years), bariatric surgery has been associated with improvement in type 2 diabetes mellitus. METHODS: We assessed outcomes 3 years after the randomization of 150 obese patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes to receive either intensive ...

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Medicine

Glycated hemoglobin

Surgery

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