Anita P Courcoulas, Mary Elizabeth Patti, Bo Hu, David E Arterburn, Donald C Simonson, William F Gourash, John M Jakicic, Ashley H Vernon, Gerald J Beck, Philip R Schauer, Sangeeta R Kashyap, Ali Aminian, David E Cummings, John P Kirwan
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...
February 27, 2024: JAMA