Bariatric Surgery Vs Intensive Medical Management In Obese Diabetics—Which Is Superior?
The medical intervention consists of a multidisciplinary diabetes- and weight-management program incorporating diabetes medication adjustment to help with weight loss, a structured modified dietary intervention vs BARIATRIC SURGERY . Most of the studies study are showing metabolic and cardiovascular benefits of Bariatric surgery, even compared with an intensive multidisciplinary, multimodality medical diabetes and weight intervention. Majority of studies show the most of patients in bariatric surgery group achieved HbA1c less than 6.5% and FPG less than 126 mg/dL, whereas none of the medical intervention group achieved those goals (P = .005) at 3 years.
