Review Article

Safety, Effectiveness, and Cost Effectiveness of Metabolic Surgery in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 1

Cumulative cost per patient over 5 years including cost of therapy, cost of complications, and cost of prevalent T2DM [11].

StudyConventional therapyLaparoscopic adjustable gastric bandingLaparoscopic gastric bypass

Germany171971361012166
France192761479613399
United Kingdom£7083£9072£9121