ASMBS: Obesity Surgery Resolves Diabetes but for How Long? (CME/...

Courtesy MedPage Today Surgery  Thu, 07/02/2009 - 10:24

DALLAS (MedPage Today) -- Weight-loss surgery allowed a majority of obese type 2 diabetes patients to stop or reduce medical therapy, but questions persisted about the durability of the effects, according to three studies reported here.

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