Association Between Bariatric Surgery and Long-term Survival
Open Access
- 6 January 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 313 (1), 62-70
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2014.16968
Abstract
Bariatric surgery is associated with improved weight, obesity-related comorbidities, and quality of life among severely obese adults.1-5 No long-term randomized clinical trials have been completed, but there is accumulating observational evidence that bariatric surgery is associated with better long-term survival than usual care.6-8Keywords
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