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A1 Mitka M
T1 BAriatric surgery continues to show benefits for patients with diabetes
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD May 9
VO 307
IS 18
SP 1901
OP 1902
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.3727
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.3727
AB 
Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston presented the newest findings on the procedure in March at the scientific session of the American College of Cardiology. The team found that in obese patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes, those undergoing bariatric surgery and optimal medical therapy were more likely to have achieved glycemic control at 1 year than those receiving optimal medical therapy only (Schauer PR et al. N Eng J Med. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1200225 [published online March 26, 2012]). The bariatric surgeries were so successful that many who underwent the procedure were able to reduce or eliminate the medicines they were taking to control their diabetes.