Score system to predict likelihood of diabetes remission after weight-loss surgery
Monday, September 16, 2013 - 12:00
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have developed a simple scoring system, based on four readily available preoperative patient characteristics, that can predict which candidates for gastric bypass surgery are likely to achieve type 2 diabetes remission within 5 years. A predictive model is likely to help patients and clinicians better manage the disease and could even save lives.