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ea0053p03 | (1) | OU2018

Clinical effectiveness of SGLT2-I in combination with GLP-1 agonists as alternative or adjunct to bariatric surgery in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Samarasinghe Suhaniya , Hickling Sophie , Lyttle Camilla , Feher Micheal , Greener Veronica

Effective management of obesity is increasingly challenging with the continued growth of the nation’s waistlines and bariatric surgery is not the always the answer to this problem. The synergistic action of GLP-1 agonists (GLP1A) and SGLT2 inhibitors (SGLT2I) represents a possible therapeutic approach for patients with Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and obesity in whom bariatric surgery has been ineffective or is not possible. A single centre retrospective study was performed to ...