Annals of Surgery

Great question.

Our recent study published in Annals of Surgery, one of the most prestigious, uh, uh, surgical journals, I would say, uh, looked at both metabolic surgery and GLP-1 medications and how they improve cardiovascular risk.

Um, so the risk reduction with surgery long-term was about 8.7, and it was about 1.7 with GLPs.

What that study also showed is that this trend, um, kind of followed or matched the weight loss trends as well 'cause we saw about 28%, uh, weight loss reduction with surgery versus 11% with medications.

Great question.

Our recent study published in the Annals of Surgery, one of the most prestigious, uh, uh, surgical journals, I would say, uh, looked at both metabolic surgery and GLP-1 medications and how they improve cardiovascular risk.

Um, so the risk reduction with surgery long-term was about 8.7, and it was about 1.7 with GLPs.

What that study also showed is that this trend, um, kind of followed or matched the weight loss trends as well, 'cause we saw about 28%, uh, weight loss reduction with surgery versus 11% with medications.

And the data is starting to show some concerning results.

A 2026 study in Annals of Surgery found that rural hospitals bought by private equity firms saw an increase in patient deaths.

and complications after surgery compared to similar hospitals not purchased by PE.

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