BACKGROUND Despite growing evidence that bariatric/metabolic surgery powerfully
improves type 2 diabetes (T2D), existing diabetes treatment algorithms do not include …

BACKGROUND Here we describe the consensus guideline methodology, summarise the
evidence-based recommendations we provided to the World Health Organisation (WHO) for …

Background and aim Several bariatric surgery worldwide surveys have been previously
published to illustrate the evolution of bariatric surgery in the last decades. The aim of this …

Importance Bariatric surgery induces significant weight loss for severely obese patients, but
there is limited evidence of the durability of weight loss compared with nonsurgical matches …

Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is defined as a combination of obesity (body mass
index≥ 30 kg· m− 2), daytime hypercapnia (arterial carbon dioxide tension≥ 45 mmHg) and …

Objective To quantify the overall effects of bariatric surgery compared with non-surgical
treatment for obesity. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis based on a random …

Background Bariatric (weight loss) surgery for obesity is considered when other treatments
have failed. The effects of the available bariatric procedures compared with medical …

Bariatric surgery (BS) is today the most effective therapy for inducing long-term weight loss
and for reducing comorbidity burden and mortality in patients with severe obesity. On the …

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American Heart Association makes every effort to avoid any actual or potential conflicts of …

The global statistics of diabetes mellitus in year 2013 indicated, about 382 million people
had this disease worldwide, with type 2 diabetes making up about 90% of the cases. This is …