Endocrine Abstracts

Initial presentation: A 44 year-old Caucasian patient with severe and complex obesity and type 2 diabetes was referred to hospital diabetes clinic for optimal medication advice. Her BMI on presentation was 49 kg/m2, (148 kg) and HbA1c of 7.0%. Her treatment included metfomin, sulphonylurea, rapid acting insulin (total daily doses 30 unit), and long acting insulin (total daily doses 25 unit). She also suffers complications of hypertension, dyslipidaemia, osteoarthrit...

Background & aims: Data comparing the effect of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG) on type-2 diabetes (T2D) outcomes and the relationship between weight-loss (WL) and T2D remission are limited. Thus, we undertook a retrospective study of patients with obesity and T2D who underwent RYGB or SG and examined the relationship between 2-year (2y) post-surgery T2D and WL outcomes.Material & methods: Patients who underwent RYGB (...

Background: The number of women seeking bariatric surgery in order to improve their fertility is increasing. Current guidelines recommend that pregnancy should be delayed for at least 1 year post-surgery. However, there are limited data regarding pregnancy outcomes post-surgery, particularly for sleeve gastrectomy.Methods: We performed a single-centre, retrospective cohort study of pregnancies in women post-bariatric surgery. Surgical and maternity recor...