The SURMOUNT-4 trial demonstrated that patients who stopped tirzepatide after achieving weight loss regained approximately 14% of body weight over 52 weeks, while those continuing treatment maintained their loss
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Outcomes The outcome of interest, intestinal obstruction, was identified using ICD-10 diagnosis codes, including obstruction of duodenum (ICD K31.5), paralytic ileus (ICD K56.0), ileus (ICD K56.7), and other specified types of intestinal obstruction (ICD K56.4, K56.6) [15, 16]