This finding has come to light in independent papers of health experts submitted at the recent 2nd World Congress on Interventional Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes – a multidisciplinary platform of global specialists. The objective of the congress is to give a definite direction to future treatments for diabetics. It plans research priorities and chalks out initiatives on health policy.

The researchers base their theory following their discovery that diabetes was resolved in the case of most patients who underwent bariatric surgeries. These procedures bypassed the upper portion of the small intestine. Alterations were noticed in the hormonal secretions in the gut in the post-operation phase. The medical experts identify these changes as being responsible for the transformation of those patients’ health status.

Dr. Francesco Rubino, director of the Congress commented: “This is a watershed moment for diabetes care. With 20 years of data, we can really see how the surgery can improve a spectrum of health measures – notably cardiovascular risk,” He is also the director of gastrointestinal metabolic surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.

Mention may be made of the study by a group of medical detectives of the University of Utah School of Medicine. The researchers studied two groups of patients: One bracketed diabetic patients who had underwent gastric bypass surgery while the other had treatments of lifestyle modification and medication. The first group reported reduced triglycerides, cholesterol, LDL (lipoprotein), and far more controlled blood pressure and better resistance to insulin than the second group.

Dr. (Prof.) Lars Sjostrom, of the Sweden-based Institute of Medicine, came up with the data that bariatric surgery cuts down the probability of strokes and heart attack in patients suffering from Type 2 diabetes. The researcher followed the case histories of more than 4,000 patients enrolled in the Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study. Of them Group-A consisted of 2,037 non-surgical patients who got lifestyle modification or medical treatment for obesity while Group-B constituted 2,010 obese patients who underwent bariatric surgeries. He followed up and compared their case histories for 20 years – the longest research of its kind till date.

The researcher found that just two years after surgery, 70% of the patients had reduced diabetes, and after 15 years 30 percent still had normal blood sugar levels. It was also found that the percentage of these patients suffering from stroke, or heart attack or any other cardiovascular complicacies was 30 percent lower than the other group. However, this data needs to be analyzed against the statement of the American Heart Association that approximately 65 percent of diabetics fall prey to stroke or some form of heart ailment. © diabetessymptomscare.com

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