Late relapse of diabetes after bariatric surgery should not be considered as a failure

• Main Authors: Aminian, Ali, Nor Hanipah, Zubaidah, Sharma, Gautam, Chao, Tu, Brethauer, Stacy A., Schauer, Philip R., Mahawar, Kamal
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74824/1/Late%20relapse.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74824/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Background: Although the impressive metabolic effects of bariatric surgery in patients with Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM) are known, bariatric surgery is criticized for late relapse of diabetes. Methods: Outcomes of 736 patients with T2DM who underwent Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) and Sleeve Gastrect...