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Duodenal-Jejunal Bypass Surgery in Diet-Induced Obese Diabetic Mice
Published on: October 18, 2024
Advances in Pharmacotherapeutics, Metabolic Surgery, and Technology for Diabetes
Alfredo Daniel Guerrón1, Georgia M Davis2, Francisco J Pasquel2
1Division of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Duke University, 407 Crutchfield Street, Durham, NC 27704, USA.
Abstract:
Remarkable advances in diabetes management have occurred since the discovery of insulin 100 years ago. Advances across a therapeutic spectrum, including pharmacotherapy, metabolic surgery, and diabetes technology, offer superior treatment options for diabetes management. New medication classes (glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor analogs and SGLT-2 inhibitors) have demonstrated cardiorenal benefits beyond glycemic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus, while evolving metabolic surgical interventions also help patients achieve diabetes remission. The use of artificial pancreas systems has shown consistent improvement in glycemic control in type 1 diabetes mellitus. It is time for policy changes to expand access to such advantageous therapies.
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