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Tag: Bariatric Surgery
An International Diabetes Federation (IDF) paper calls for bariatric surgery to be considered earlier in the treatment of eligible type 2 diabetes patients, to help stem the serious complications that can result from diabetes. The position paper was presented to leading experts at the 2nd World Congress on Interventional Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes ...
A new clinical trial at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center is among the first to test surgery specifically for type 2 diabetes. The aim of the study is to understand whether surgery can control diabetes, as well or even better than the best medical treatment available today. This is the first study of its kind open to patients who are overweight or mildly obese...
A first-of-its-kind consensus statement on diabetes surgery was published online yesterday in the Annals of Surgery. The statement was issued following the first international consensus conference, Diabetes Surgery Summit (DSS), where an international group of more than 50 scientific and medical experts agreed on a set of evidence-based guidelines and definitions that are meant to guide the use...