A first-of-its-kind consensus statement on diabetes surgery was published online yesterday in the Annals of Surgery. The statement was issued following the first international consensus conference, Diabetes Surgery Summit (DSS), where an international group of more than 50 scientific and medical experts agreed on a set of evidence-based guidelines and definitions that are meant to guide the use and study of gastrointestinal surgery to treat type 2 diabetes. The DSS position statement boldly advances a revolutionary concept: the legitimacy...