If You’re Having Bariatric Surgery to Treat Your Type 2 Diabetes, You May Want RYGB Instead of LAGB

An article at Diabetes Care suggests that insulin-treated T2 diabetics getting bariatric surgery were almost twice as likely to get off insulin if they had roux-en-Y gastric bypass rather than laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. The former procedure is also generally more effective for weight loss.

If you think bariatric surgery is a sure-fire cure for type 2 diabetes, it’s not.

Steve Parker, M.D.