Management of the healthy, post Roux-en-Y gastric bypass patient
A patient visits her primary care physician for a two-year follow-up after a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery to check for complications.
Bariatric Surgery
Bariatric surgery cuts asthma-related hospital visits
Significantly fewer ED visits or hospitalizations for asthma exacerbation occurred within 12 months after bariatric surgery.
Intensive weight management, bariatric surgery yield similar results in type 2 diabetes
Both bariatric surgery and intensive weight management yielded similar improvements in HbA1c, weight loss and quality of life.
Diabetes rate drops with bariatric surgery
The rate of diabetes decreased for up to seven years after bariatric surgery for obese patients.
Bariatric surgery improves long-term glycemic control
Better glycemic control, lower medication use among obese patients with diabetes who undergo bariatric surgery.
Bariatric surgery may reduce type 2 diabetes in obese patients
Bariatric surgery may induce type 2 diabetes remission in obese patients, but more direct evidence is needed.
When managing diabetes, consider lifestyle changes before surgery
Bariatric surgery for diabetes management offers a quick fix, but does not address the underlying behaviors that cause the disease in the first place.
ACC: Bariatric surgery improves glycemic control in diabetes
Significantly more patients achieve glycemic control with surgery plus medical therapy than with medication alone.
Bariatric surgery reduces cardiovascular events, mortality
Obese patients that underwent any type of bariatric surgery experienced fewer incidences of heart attack and stroke and reduced cardiovascular-related mortality.
New strategies against obesity comorbidities
Obese adults are at risk for many serious health conditions, including diabetes, coronary heart disease, hypertension, stroke, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), depression and liver disease.
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