Open AccessFactors determining diabetic remission after sleeve gastrectomy: A prospective study
Author(s) -
Rohit Jindal,
Mayank Gupta,
Ashish Ahuja,
Prabhdeep Singh Nain,
Pranjl Sharma,
Aayushi Aggarwal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nigerian journal of surgery/nigerian journal of surgery
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7100
pISSN - 1117-6806
DOI - 10.4103/njs.njs_9_19
Subject(s) - medicine , glycated hemoglobin , glycemic , body mass index , weight loss , diabetes mellitus , surgery , prospective cohort study , type 2 diabetes mellitus , sleeve gastrectomy , obesity , disease , type 2 diabetes , gastric bypass , endocrinology
An exponential rise in the prevalence of obesity and the associated type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has led to an explosion in the field of bariatric surgery worldwide. It has been proposed that laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) not only results in excess weight loss (EWL) but also leads to excellent glycemic control.