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ea0031p236 | Obesity, diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular | SFEBES2013

Improvement in testosterone post bariatric surgery

Shankaran Vani , Barclay Amanda , Cinnadorai Rajeswaran , Thida Myat , Balasubramanian Srinivasan

Introduction: Obesity is known to be associated with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. Hypogonadism is an established risk factor for cardio vascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However there is little evidence on improvement in testosterone with bariatric surgery.Aim and methods: To asses changes in testosterone levels after bariatric surgery. Retrospective study on men undergoing bariatric surgery, and data collected pre and post surgery....