<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shuman, Jill</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Simonson, Donald C.</style></author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Improvements in Diabetes Control Similar in Patients Who Undergo LAGB or Intensive Management</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MD Conference Express</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2015</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2015-05-18 15:35:55</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">17-18</style></pages><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Laparoscopic gastric banding and an intensive nonsurgical intervention appear to provide similar outcomes among patients who are obese with type 2 diabetes mellitus. At 1 year, patients who underwent gastric banding lost more weight than those who had no surgery, but no significant differences were seen in HbA1c, fasting blood sugar, or other cardiometabolic measures.</style></abstract><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">15</style></volume></record></records></xml>