Diabetes: the best treatment is surgery
Written by:The doctor. Luján, a specialist in General Surgery and Coloproctology , explains in this article how it is possible to control glucose without the need for insulin in those patients with diabetes.
The treatment of diabetes is based on proper diet, physical exercise, oral antidiabetics and / or insulin. This improves blood glucose levels but, in some cases, does not prevent complications such as lower limb amputation, renal failure, blindness, myocardial infarction or decreased defenses.
There are scientific studies that show that surgery obtains a good control of glucose without the need for insulin and / or oral antidiabetics, remitting the disease in 80% of patients. This is related to the weight loss that occurs after surgery and hormonal factors, which are related to changes in the digestive tract during surgery. There is also a reduction in triglyceride levels and an increase in the levels of good cholesterol.
Procedure of surgery
This type of surgery consists of making modifications of the digestive tract and the most effective technique is the gastric bypass. The intervention is performed through minimally invasive or laparoscopic surgery, which allows the patient to be discharged the day after the intervention with a rapid return to daily activities.. The life of the diabetic after metabolic surgery changes radically, not only due to weight loss and the improvement of associated diseases, but also because their quality of life improves in a very
