Jan 28 2008
Weight-loss surgery effective for Type 2 diabetes
Jan 28: Weight loss surgery is considered as more effective for Type 2 diabetes than other medical treatments. Type 2 diabetes is more prevalent among obese people. The study included 60 patients as sample and the results showed that 73 percent of those who had surgery were completely recovered from diabetes that means all the symptoms of the disease went away.
On the other hand the recovery rate was only 13 percent for those who were given conventional treatment such as severe counselling on diet and exercise for effectively reducing the weight and the diabetes medicines like insulin, metformin and other drugs were provided if needed. The study hinted on the fact that the surgery work effectively than medical treatment. Obesity is attributed as the main reason behind Type 2 diabetes, shedding weight of up to 10 percent is considered as the effective way to minimise the effect of this disease.
The new research is not applicable to all the Type 2 diabetes, as the study includes mild cases who were subjected to treatment for the past two years. The quick recovery from the disease, no matter how much they shed weight, will not be possible in patients who have more severe and long standing diabetes. Adjustable gastric banding is the operation considered for this study. Out of 205,000 weight-loss operations conducted last year, 25-30 percent of them used gastric banding.
Recovery from Type 2 diabetes after weight-loss surgery is not a new finding. But the new research conducted by the researchers at the Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, took initiative to measure scientifically the medical treatment of similar groups of patients with the disease.
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