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Francesco Rubino

Researcher at King's College London

Publications -  133
Citations -  12607

Francesco Rubino is an academic researcher from King's College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Type 2 diabetes & Diabetes mellitus. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 131 publications receiving 10277 citations. Previous affiliations of Francesco Rubino include Sapienza University of Rome & HealthPartners.

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Bariatric Surgery versus Conventional Medical Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes

TL;DR: In severely obese patients with type 2 diabetes, bariatric surgery resulted in better glucose control than did medical therapy and preoperative BMI and weight loss did not predict the improvement in hyperglycemia after these procedures.
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Bariatric-metabolic surgery versus conventional medical treatment in obese patients with type 2 diabetes: 5 year follow-up of an open-label, single-centre, randomised controlled trial

TL;DR: Surgery is more effective than medical treatment for the long-term control of obese patients with type 2 diabetes and should be considered in the treatment algorithm of this disease, however, continued monitoring of glycaemic control is warranted because of potential relapse of hyperglycaemia.