Faculty Opinions recommendation of Adjustable gastric banding and conventional therapy for type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled trial.
- 18 February 2008
- dataset
- Published by H1 Connect
- Vol. 299 (3)
- https://doi.org/10.3410/f.1101081.557060
Abstract
This article underlines that bariatric surgery, the most effective way to induce a sustained and sufficient amount of weight loss, is a good treatment option for obese patients with diabetes. Sixty diabetes patients (diagnosed within two years, BMI range between 30-40kg/m2) were randomized to adjustable gastric banding surgery or conventional treatment. After two years of follow-up, the surgery group had 73% remission rate of diabetes...Keywords
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