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Metabolic Surgery
Metabolic Surgery: Tackling Type 2 Diabetes
Metabolic surgery covers digestive procedures whose main goal is to improve type 2 diabetes and related metabolic disorders, in addition to weight loss.
Key information at a glance
What is Metabolic Surgery?
Some digestive surgeries change the path food takes and the release of gut hormones that regulate blood sugar. In many patients, diabetes improves markedly, sometimes even before significant weight loss.
Techniques
The surgeon chooses the technique that suits your profile, for example a gastric bypass, a sleeve with transit bipartition, or a mini bypass. All are performed laparoscopically.
Lifelong Follow-up
Regular medical and nutritional follow-up, with vitamin supplements, is essential after surgery.
When is Metabolic Surgery used?
It is for patients with type 2 diabetes that remains poorly controlled despite treatment, usually with overweight or obesity. A full assessment (blood tests, HbA1c, current treatment, pancreatic reserve) is needed to confirm the indication. Please send your latest test results.
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Frequently asked questions
How does the treatment work?
Anesthesia
General anesthesia.
Duration
About 2 to 3 hours depending on the technique.
What happens after treatment?
Hospital stay of 3 to 4 nights. Eating resumes gradually over several weeks. Your diabetes treatment is adjusted by the doctor from the first days. Flying home is usually possible after 7 to 10 days.
How long do results last?
Blood sugar often improves within weeks, and many patients reduce or stop their diabetes medication. Results vary with how long you have had diabetes, and remission cannot be guaranteed.