Author Interviews, Diabetes, JAMA, OBGYNE, Surgical Research / 16.01.2018
Benefits of Gastric Bypass in Diabetes Control Significant But Diminish Over Time
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Charles Billington MD
Chief, Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Minneapolis VA Health Care System
Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?
Response: We wanted to know if adding gastric bypass to intense lifestyle and medical therapy would improve overall diabetes treatment as represented by the triple endpoint of blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol control. We found that adding gastric bypass did provide significant benefit at five years after surgery, but that the size of the benefit declined substantially from the first to the fifth year. We also found that gastric bypass did provide significantly better blood sugar control throughout the five years, but the rate of diabetes remission at five years was low. There were many more adverse events in the gastric bypass group.
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