Effects of bilio-pancreatic diversion on diabetic complications: a 10-year follow-up.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The surgical option could represent a valid alternative to medical therapy in some diabetic patients. However, no data are available on long-term effects of metabolic surgery on diabetic complications. We aimed to determine whether patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes who underwent bilio-pancreatic diversion (BPD) had less micro- and macrovascular complications than those who received conventional therapy.

Research design and methods

This was an unblinded, case-controlled trial with 10-years' follow-up, conducted from July 1998 through October 2009 at the Day Hospital of Metabolic Diseases, Catholic University, Rome, Italy. A consecutive sample of 110 obese patients (BMI >35 kg/m(2)) with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes was enrolled. The study was complete

SUBMITTER: Iaconelli A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3041181 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature