Surgeons based at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center are pioneering a new technique to help treat type 2 diabetes.
The sleeve gastrectomy - a technique used for weight loss surgery - has been found to be effective in treating gastroparesis, a condition that causes delayed stomach emptying and can further compromise blood glucose control.
Dr. Melissa Bagloo, is leading the gastroparesis at the Presbyteria Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, commenting in a press release, she said:
"We had previously observed that after sleeve gastrectomy, patients who had difficulty emptying their stomachs showed significant improvement in their digestion. We do not know precisely why this is: Sleeve gastrectomy may have the effect of 'resetting' the natural gastric pacemaker, or it may be that the smaller size of the stomach increases intragastric pressure so that it helps facilitate gastric emptying. There could also be other reasons why the surgery helps."
Four patients underwent the sleeve gastrectomy last year, each of the patients had diabetes and gastroparesis and were unable to undergo the alternative treatment of a gastric pacemaker.
The gastric bypass has been found to reverse type 2 diabetes, a condition often associated with obesity. The bypass proved effective in reducing glucose levels and in reducing or eliminating the need for medication. Surgeons will continue to offer this type of surgery as a way of treating type 2 diabetes as part of a medical trial.
In a press release, Dr. Marc Bessler, director of the Center for Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery at the New York Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center, said:
"This breakthrough approach can put diabetes into remission for most patients and promises to transform the way we treat this disease.”
To find out more about gastroparesis visit:
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Guide-to-Diabetes-extra-pages/Gastroparesis/
The sleeve gastrectomy - a technique used for weight loss surgery - has been found to be effective in treating gastroparesis, a condition that causes delayed stomach emptying and can further compromise blood glucose control.
Dr. Melissa Bagloo, is leading the gastroparesis at the Presbyteria Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, commenting in a press release, she said:
"We had previously observed that after sleeve gastrectomy, patients who had difficulty emptying their stomachs showed significant improvement in their digestion. We do not know precisely why this is: Sleeve gastrectomy may have the effect of 'resetting' the natural gastric pacemaker, or it may be that the smaller size of the stomach increases intragastric pressure so that it helps facilitate gastric emptying. There could also be other reasons why the surgery helps."
Four patients underwent the sleeve gastrectomy last year, each of the patients had diabetes and gastroparesis and were unable to undergo the alternative treatment of a gastric pacemaker.
The gastric bypass has been found to reverse type 2 diabetes, a condition often associated with obesity. The bypass proved effective in reducing glucose levels and in reducing or eliminating the need for medication. Surgeons will continue to offer this type of surgery as a way of treating type 2 diabetes as part of a medical trial.
In a press release, Dr. Marc Bessler, director of the Center for Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery at the New York Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center, said:
"This breakthrough approach can put diabetes into remission for most patients and promises to transform the way we treat this disease.”
To find out more about gastroparesis visit:
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Guide-to-Diabetes-extra-pages/Gastroparesis/
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