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Why Good Preoperative Control of Diabetes Is Important in Patients Undergoing Metabolic Bariatric Surgery

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  1. Department of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Stott Lane, Salford, M6 8HD, UK

    Babur Ahmed, Basil J. Ammori, Khurshid Akhtar, Siba P. Senapati, Bilal H. Alkhaffaf & Javed Sultan

  2. Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

    Basil J. Ammori, Bilal H. Alkhaffaf, Javed Sultan & Akheel A. Syed

  3. University of Salford, Maxwell Building, The Crescent, Salford, M5 4WT, UK

    Siba P. Senapati

  4. Department of Anaesthesia, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, UK

    Dominic O’Connor

  5. Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Obesity Medicine, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Stott Lane, Salford, M6 8HD, UK

    Akheel A. Syed

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Ahmed, B., Ammori, B.J., Akhtar, K. et al. Why Good Preoperative Control of Diabetes Is Important in Patients Undergoing Metabolic Bariatric Surgery. OBES SURG 32, 934–936 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-021-05787-y

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