ea0035p764 | Obesity | ECE2014
Caldas Ana Rita
, Pereira Teresa
, Garrido Susana
, Freitas Claudia
, Amaral Claudia
, Carvalho Andre
, Silva Isabel
, Pichel Fernando
, Silva Carla
, Silva Antonio Sergio
, Nogueira Carlos
, Santos Jorge
, Marcos Mario
, Cardoso Maria Helena
Introduction: Bariatric surgery is associated with improvement and often resolution of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Our aim was to compare the effects of gastric banding (GB) and gastric bypass (GBP) in glucose homeostasis in obese patients with T2DM.Methods: From 1995 to 2011, 83 diabetic patients underwent bariatric surgery at our hospital: 37 underwent GB (73% females, mean age 48.3±9.2) and 46 underwent GBP (82.6% females, mean age ...