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Disease-specific mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events after bariatric surgery: a meta-analysis of age, sex, and BMI-matched cohort studies.

Beibei CuiGuohui WangPengzhou LiWeizheng LiZhi SongXulong SunShaihong ZhuShaihong Zhu
Published in: International journal of surgery (London, England) (2023)
This meta-analysis of 40 matched cohort studies supports that bariatric surgery reduces disease-specific mortality and incidence of both MACEs and its components in patients with severe obesity compared with nonsurgical subjects. Bariatric surgery deserves a more aggressive consideration in the management of severe obesity.
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