Altered systematic glucose utilization after gastrectomy: correlation with weight loss

Weight loss after gastrectomy for gastric cancer may be the result from not only altered nutrition absorption but also systematic endocrinological changes after bariatric-like surgery. No clinical studies have evaluated the altered glucose metabolism associated with postoperative weight loss in gastric cancer patients.
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Original articles Source Type: research