Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycemia after gastric bypass surgery is a rare but probably underestimated complication. The mechanisms leading to hypoglycemia are complex and incompletely understood and involve several factors: A part from decreasing insulin resistance, caloric restriction and alteration of nutrient delivery, enhanced secretion of insulin and incretins (GLP1 and GIP), altered physiology of other hormones and dysregulation of counterregulatory effectors s...