Metabolic Surgery for Obese Type 2 Diabetes: Korean Multicenter Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Metabolic/bariatric surgery is an effective treatment for obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), with sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) being the most common procedures. However, comparative data on their metabolic benefits in East Asian populations are limited.

Methods

This multicenter retrospective cohort study assessed outcomes of SG and RYGB in Korean adults (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m²) with T2DM who underwent surgery between January 2019 and June 2021. The primary outcome was complete T2DM remission at 1 and 2 years postoperatively. Follow-up data were available for 271 patients at 1 year and 169 at 2 years.

Results

Unadjusted analysis showed lower complete remission rates in the RYGB group than the SG group at both 1 year (51.4% vs

SUBMITTER: Park YS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12722412 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature