Endocrine Abstracts

An 82 year old gentleman was admitted with lethargy, shortness of breath and weight loss of 26% total body weight over a two-year period. His past medical history included hypertension, pulmonary fibrosis, thalassaemia trait and unexplained thrombocytopenia.He had previously been investigated for weight loss with a CT thorax/abdomen/pelvis in 2014 which demonstrated no evidence of malignancy and FDG PET had shown no disease.On admi...

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...