Weight-Loss Surgery for Type 2 Diabetes

If you are one of the many Americans who suffer from type 2 diabetes, you may be considering weight-loss surgery to help control your type 2 diabetes.

A meta-analysis of data published in The American Journal of Medicine reveals the significant impact of bariatric surgery on type 2 diabetes. According to the data, type 2 diabetes was resolved in 84 percent of patients who underwent gastric bypass surgery.

For these patients, blood sugar often normalized within days or weeks after surgery, even before they lost significant amounts of weight. Type 2 diabetes was resolved in 48 percent of patients who underwent adjustable gastric banding surgery. For these patients, their type 2 diabetes resolved following post-operative weight loss.

Get more information about weight-loss surgery at Penn

Learn if bariatric surgery is right for you and attend a free information session about the Penn Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Program.

At this free session, you will learn more about weight-loss surgery at Penn, and meet physicians and team members from the Penn Metabolic and  Bariatric Surgery Program

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