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Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Life Expectancy in Severely Obese Patients With Diabetes

DOI

59

Citations

25

References

2015

Year

Daniel P. Schauer, David Arterburn, Edward H. Livingston, Karen J. Coleman, David Fisher, Patrick J. O’Connor, David Fischer, Mark H. Eckman
Annals of Surgery

Abstract

For most severely obese patients with diabetes, bariatric surgery seems to improve life expectancy; however, surgery may reduce life expectancy for the super obese with BMIs over 62 kg/m.

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