Bariatric surgery associated with lower mortality, health care cost in patients with MASLD
WASHINGTON — Bariatric surgery was associated with improved clinical outcomes and more cost-effective health care resource utilization among patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, according to data. “Right now, obesity and the metabolic consequences, which include NAFLD, are continuing to increase every year,” Rayna Patel, MD, a second-year