Gastric Surgery For Diabetes Deemed Safe
Category: Personal Health
Author: Georgina Tyburski
Posted: Friday - July 17, 2015
From gastroendonews.com
Boston—An analysis of a national surgical database has concluded that laparoscopicRoux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) surgery for type 2 diabetes has a complication and mortality rate comparable to some of the safest and most commonly performed surgeries in the United States, such as cholecystectomy, hysterectomy and total knee replacement.
The study was reported at Obesity Week (abstract A701) with simultaneous publication inDiabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism (2014 Oct 29. [Epub ahead of print]).
“The risk-to-benefit ratio of gastric bypass for diabetes and obesity is very favorable. There’s significant weight loss, diabetes improvement or remission and a relatively low complication and mortality rate,” said lead investigator Ali Aminian, MD, a bariatric surgeon from the Cleveland Clinic, in Ohio.
