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Duodenal-Jejunal Bypass Surgery in Diet-Induced Obese Diabetic Mice
Published on: October 18, 2024
[Surgical treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus]
Raúl Carrillo-Esper1, María Jimena Muciño-Bermejo2
1Unidad de Terapia Intensiva, Fundación Clínica Médica Sur, México DF, Mexico. sgmena@yahoo.com.
Abstract:
Sustained remission of type 2 diabetes mellitus and significantly improved hyperlipidemia and arterial hypertension, control has been achieves in both lean and obese patient after bariatric surgery procedures or other gastrointestinal surgical procedures. It has been demonstrated that the metabolic effects of bariatric surgery in these patients derives not only in reducing weight and caloric intake, but also endocrine changes resulting from surgical manifestation gastrointestinal tract. In this article we review the clinical outcomes of such interventions (collectively called "metabolic surgery") and the perspectives on the role that these surgeries play in the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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