Characteristics and outcomes of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) treated by bariatric surgery (BS) – a multicentre, descriptive analysis of 236,726 type 2 diabetic pat…
K Laubner, E Bollow, J Brückel, A Serwas, M Altmeier, C Giesche, F Groß, J Seufert, RW Holl · Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel · 2015 · Heft 04
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Background: Bariatric surgery is well-established to treat high-grade obesity with remarkable effects on concomitant T2D. It is not clear, however, which parameters and treatment circumstances affect diabetologists recommendations for BS in everyday clinical practice apart from controlled clinical studies. Methods: In the DPV-registry, among 236,726 patients with T2D from 352 centres in Germany and Austria, a group treated by BS was compared to non-surgery controls for disease and treatment-specific parameters by descriptive statistics. Results: Of 236,726 T2D-patients, 0,07% (n = 165) underwent BS. BS-patients…
