Long-Term Outcomes of Medical Management vs Bariatric Surgery in Type 2 Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Randomized clinical trials of bariatric surgery have been limited in size, type of surgical procedure, and follow-up duration.

Objective

To determine long-term glycemic control and safety of bariatric surgery compared with medical/lifestyle management of type 2 diabetes.

Design, setting, and participants

ARMMS-T2D (Alliance of Randomized Trials of Medicine vs Metabolic Surgery in Type 2 Diabetes) is a pooled analysis from 4 US single-center randomized trials conducted between May 2007 and August 2013, with observational follow-up through July 2022.

Intervention

Participants were originally randomized to undergo either medical/lifestyle management or 1 of the following 3 bariatric surgical procedures: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, or a

SUBMITTER: Courcoulas AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10900968 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature