Association of metabolic-bariatric surgery with long-term survival in adults with and without diabetes
Rationale : Metabolic bariatric surgery leads to significant weight loss and remission of obesity-related complications. To compare long-term survival outcomes of severely obese patients who received metabolic-bariatric surgery versus usual care.
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Syn NL, Cummings DE, Wang LZ, Lin DJ, Zhao JJ, Loh M, Koh ZJ, Chew CA, Loo YE, Tai BC, Kim G, So JB, Kaplan LM, Dixon JB, Shabbir A. Association of metabolic-bariatric surgery with long-term survival in adults with and without diabetes: a one-stage meta-analysis of matched cohort and prospective controlled studies with 174 772 participants. Lancet. 2021 May 15;397(10287):1830-1841.