The surgery that allows blood glucose to level and improve the quality of life of patients with type 2 diabetes is called metabolic bariatric surgery.
So far, at the El Cruce Hospital, located in Florencio Varela, 16 patients with this procedure were operated free of charge (which previously had to pay a large figure) and all of them have exhibited improvement.Moreover, of the ten people who required insulin before the intervention, none is in treatment with that hormone.
As a result of the experience, the Buenos Aires hospital gave this week the first metabolic surgery program for patients who have the disease.The objective: convene and select applications for interventions.
How is
"The technique is non -invasive surgery that is performed laparoscopic, through which food transit is modified and involves the stomach and intestine," Dr. Susana Fuentes, Diabetologist, a specialist in Medical Clinic and Medical Clinic andMember of the Argentine Diabetes Society."It is highly probable," sources clarify- that people with type 2 diabetes do not require medication after surgery if a correct selection of candidates is performed. "
The choice of surgery applicants is carried out according to clinical and laboratory parameters that are evaluated by the specialist."The disease has elapsed is a very important factor in predicting the benefit of surgery," says Fuentes.In this sense, medical literature recommends that patients to whom other forms of diabetes other than those of type 2, and those who demonstrate a progressive deterioration of glycemic control may be candidates for metabolic surgery despite the treatment despite the treatment despite the treatmentconventional.
History and recognition
Scientists know by heart the word serendipia: a discovery or a fortunate and unexpected finding that occurs when you are looking for something different.This is what happened from the evidence provided by gastric bypass surgeries: the diabetics not only managed to lose weight, but also achieved something accidental: correct their glycemia.While these first observations date from the 50s, much progress has been made over the years.A 2013 work published by four of the main Spanish scientific societies in the Endocrinology and Nutrition magazine Elsevier, concludes that metabolic surgery "is an alternative and effective treatment against type 2 diabetes (DM2).
In Argentina, the Hospital Evita Pueblo de Berazategui was the first to perform in 2011 the interventions and treatment that today are in charge of the multidisciplinary team of bariatric and metabolic surgery of the El Cruce Hospital, led by Dr. Susana Fuentes and Marcelo surgeonsRondina and Martin Garaycoechea, pioneers to introduce surgical technique in the country into a public health institution and free of charge.
"The technique is recognized by the Argentine Society of Obesity Surgery (Saco), the Argentine Nutrition Society (SAN) and the Argentine Diabetes Society (SAD) within the consensus for the surgical treatment of type 2 diabetes," he saysFuentes and concludes: "Metabolic surgery is an alternative to pharmacological treatment when the patient fails to control their disease with oral medication or insulin."
