SLC5A2 and type 2 diabetes mellitus: <b>Methods</b>: In a single-center retrospective cohort of 620 T2DM patients, inverse probability of treatment weighting and time-dependent Cox regression were applied to account for perioperative treatment interruption and delayed postoperative reinitiation when evaluating the association between chronic SGLT2 inhibitor therapy and 12-month rehospitalization risk.