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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A duodenal-jejunal liner seemed to improve glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes, a small prospective study has determined.
Among 16 patients who had the liner for 1 year, mean hemoglobin A1c dropped more than 1% without any significant weight loss, Dr. Dimitri Pournaras said at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.
"Bypassing the gut seems to have an effect on glucose homeostasis that can?t be fully explained by weight loss," said Dr. Pournaras of Imperial College, London.
The flexible barrier attempts to mimic some of the benefits of gastric bypass without surgery, he said. The sleeve is endoscopically placed in the duodenal bulb and extends about 60 cm through the duodenum and proximal jejunum, preventing any nutrient contact with those regions.
http://www.familypracticenews.com/n...iabetes/f4858b19f433fac9b7e01ae41aa66143.html
Among 16 patients who had the liner for 1 year, mean hemoglobin A1c dropped more than 1% without any significant weight loss, Dr. Dimitri Pournaras said at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.
"Bypassing the gut seems to have an effect on glucose homeostasis that can?t be fully explained by weight loss," said Dr. Pournaras of Imperial College, London.
The flexible barrier attempts to mimic some of the benefits of gastric bypass without surgery, he said. The sleeve is endoscopically placed in the duodenal bulb and extends about 60 cm through the duodenum and proximal jejunum, preventing any nutrient contact with those regions.
http://www.familypracticenews.com/n...iabetes/f4858b19f433fac9b7e01ae41aa66143.html