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Bariatric Surgery Can Just Mask Diabetes
Posted: Tuesday, May 04, 2010
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Bariatric surgery may appear to cure diabetes based on measurements such as fasting plasma glucose and hemoglobin A1c, but postprandial glucose can still be elevated say researchers.
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World Summit on Bariatric Surgery Defines New Guidelines
Posted: Sunday, December 06, 2009
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Consensus statement recognizes the legitimacy of surgery as a dedicated treatment for Type 2 diabetes in carefully selected patients. Diabetes surgery summit consensus lays foundation for new field of medicine.
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Obese Diabetics Who Fail Oral Therapy Can Benefit from Gastric Electrical Stimulation
Posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2009
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Gastric electrical stimulation is a reasonable alternative to insulin and oral hypoglycemic agents in obese Type 2 diabetics who are poorly controlled by oral agents and who are not candidates for gastric bypass surgery.
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Risk Factors that Lead to Poor Outcomes for Bariatric Surgery
Posted: Wednesday, August 05, 2009
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Several risk factors may help identify factors linked to poor outcomes for bariatric surgery, according to the results of a study.
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Bariatric Surgery Patient Database Exceeding 120,000
Posted: Wednesday, June 03, 2009
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With more than 120,000 patients having a bariatric surgery procedure, we now have a database that can help in determining which patients would benefit from the different forms of bariatric surgery.
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Weight Loss Is Not All That Matters after Bariatric Surgery
Posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) corrects comorbidities and quality of life similarly in superobese and morbidly obese patients despite higher residual weight in superobese patients, according to the results of a prospective cohort study.
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Bariatric Surgery Causes Most Cases of Type 2 to Remit Long-Term
Posted: Thursday, March 26, 2009
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In morbidly obese patients with Type 2 diabetes, bariatric surgery leads to resolution or improvement of the disease in close to 90% of cases, with benefits usually maintained for at least 2 years, according to a meta-analysis.
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Medicare OKs Bariatric Surgery As Diabetes Treatment
Posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2009
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, announced last week a clarification in its policy for Medicare coverage of bariatric surgery as a treatment for certain beneficiaries with type 2, or non-insulin-dependent, diabetes.
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Which Bariatric Surgery for Which Type 2 Patient? It Matters!
Posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2009
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The 2 major types of bariatric procedures for obese patients — bypass surgery and restrictive surgery — have different effects on gut hormone secretion, and thus on insulin secretion and sensitivity. These effects should be considered when choosing a surgical approach for severely obese patients with type 2 diabetes and when managing their diabetes postsurgery.
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Bariatric Surgery Found Superior to Drugs in Controlling Diabetes
Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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For morbidly obese patients with type 2 diabetes, bariatric surgery led to more improvement in A1c than standard treatment, a retrospective analysis showed. HbA1c levels decreased from a mean of 7.5% pre-surgery to 5.8% after one year.
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