Gastric bypass surgery reverses metabolic syndrome (Reuters) Posted on August 26th
During an average follow-up of 3.4 years, the prevalence of
metabolic syndrome decreased from 87 percent to 29 percent in
the surgical group, and from 85 percent to 75 percent in the
control group. The authors estimate that the number of patients
needed to treat with bypass surgery to cure one patient of
metabolic syndrome was 2.1.