Sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Two-year results from a Swedish multicenter randomized controlled trial.

Obesity is a world-wide epidemic and it is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D). Few randomized controlled studies have compared the two most common surgical procedures, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG) in the treatment of obese subjects with T2D.

Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - May 3, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Ville Wallenius, Aiham Alaraj, Niclas Bj örnfot, Bengt Orrenius, Anders Kylebäck, Per Björklund, Malin Werling, Anders Thorell, Lars Fändriks, Almantas Maleckas Tags: Original articles Source Type: research