Improvements in Diabetes Control Similar in Patients Who Undergo LAGB or Intensive Management

Summary

Laparoscopic gastric banding and an intensive nonsurgical intervention appear to provide similar outcomes among patients who are obese with type 2 diabetes mellitus. At 1 year, patients who underwent gastric banding lost more weight than those who had no surgery, but no significant differences were seen in HbA1c, fasting blood sugar, or other cardiometabolic measures.

  • gastric banding
  • lifestyle intervention
  • HbA1c
  • obesity
  • type 2 diabetes mellitus
  • NCT01073020
  • endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism clinical trials
  • cardiometabolic disorder
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