Comparison of health care costs following sleeve gastrectomy versus Roux-en-Y gastric bypass among patients with type 2 diabetes.
Stephanie ArgetsingerRobert F LeCatesFang ZhangDennis Ross-DegnanJames F WharamDavid E ArterburnAdolfo FernandezKristina H LewisPublished in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2024)
In this nationwide study, patients with type 2 diabetes at baseline undergoing RYGB appear to experience a reduced need for ambulatory type 2 diabetes monitoring and reduced requirements for antidiabetes medication but, despite this, did not experience an overall medical cost-benefit in the first few years after RYGB versus SG.