Background: Long-term results from randomized, controlled trials that compare medical
therapy with surgical therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes are limited. Methods: We …

Background Long-term results from randomized, controlled trials that compare medical
therapy with surgical therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes are limited. Methods We …

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 …

Background Observational studies have shown improvement in patients with type 2 diabetes
mellitus after bariatric surgery. Methods In this randomized, nonblinded, single-center trial …

Objective In short-term randomized clinical trials (1 to 2 years of follow-up), bariatric surgery
has been associated with improvement in type 2 diabetes mellitus with superior results …

Background Although multiple series have been published documenting the effectiveness of
bariatric surgery in the treatment of T2DM, there were no credible prospective randomized …

Background Even though Pories et al.(4) reported in 1998 that the gastric bypass produced
durable remission of diabetes in 121/146 patients, 9.4 years after surgery, with a 95% follow …

Background Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and biliopancreatic diversion can markedly
ameliorate diabetes in morbidly obese patients, often resulting in disease remission …

Importance Emerging data support bariatric surgery as a therapeutic strategy for
management of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Objective To test the feasibility of methods to …

Importance It has been well recognized that metabolic surgery has short-term benefits for
mildly obese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), but how long these effects can …