The surgical treatment of diabetes has been widely agreed upon by the medical and surgical community, especially for the obese type of diabetes, which is far more effective than drug therapy alone.
The goal of surgical treatment of type 2 diabetes is to completely recover or even get rid of the harmful effects of diabetes. Gastric bypass surgery is a classic procedure that has been performed in the clinic for more than 50 years, and it is safe.
For Chinese diabetic patients who have an innate fear of surgery and will have many questions and concerns, let’s learn today what are the pros and cons of gastric bypass surgery? It will further help you in your choice. First let’s look at what are the benefits of gastric diversion surgery? One: Cure diabetes, normal blood sugar, patients get rid of lifelong medication and don’t have to control their diet. There are two main causes of diabetes: one is insulin resistance. The second is islet failure. After gastric diversion surgery, insulin resistance is gone, islet function is restored, and diabetes is gone. Two: Diabetic complications get recovered. While internal medicine cannot reverse the complications that have occurred in patients, after gastric diversion surgery, most patients gradually recover from diabetic complications such as hand and foot numbness, retinopathy, diabetic foot, abnormal urine protein, and hypertension. Third: Avoid the occurrence of disabling and fatal conditions caused by diabetes. When diabetes develops to a serious degree, it can pose a serious threat to a person’s life safety. After gastric diversion surgery, blood sugar is normal, complications no longer occur, and the danger of diabetes is gone. Fourth: Obese patients lose weight and thinner patients gain weight. Gastric diversion surgery can bring some unexpected effects to patients, very thin patients will gain weight after surgery, and very fat patients achieve satisfactory weight loss after surgery. Five: Reduce the financial burden of patients. The relative cost is not high, which is the obvious advantage of gastric diversion surgery. According to the survey, most diabetic patients who have been ill for more than 5 years will develop various complications, and the treatment of these complications is very expensive. For diabetic patients, a single surgical treatment, complications no longer appear and the financial burden is reduced. Sixth: Gastric diversion surgery has low risk and fast recovery after surgery. The surgery is easy and quick, with little trauma, quick recovery and no recurrence, and you can eat in 3 days after surgery and be discharged in a week. Post-operative diet and nutrient absorption are not affected So what are the disadvantages of gastric diversion surgery? There are risks and potential complications associated with any surgery, and the same is true for gastric diversion surgery. Disadvantage one: changes in the gastrointestinal digestive tract, the large open gastric sac cannot be examined by gastroscopy, but only by CT and other examinations or by laparoscopic exploration. For patients with family history of gastric cancer or recurrent gastric ulcers, they need to consider carefully. Disadvantage 2: Postoperative anastomotic ulcers will occur, mainly in patients who smoke and drink, and regular postoperative gastroscopy is needed for early diagnosis and treatment. Disadvantage 3: Long-term vitamin and mineral supplementation is required after surgery. Patients are advised to take regular multivitamin supplements after surgery, especially iron, calcium, etc. The surgery is only to reduce the irritation of food to the stomach and duodenum, and the overall digestive function is not changed, so there will be no malnutrition or poor diet. On the contrary, due to normal blood glucose after surgery, the patient’s accompanying set of
On the contrary, due to normal postoperative blood glucose, the patient has recovered well from a series of complications associated with diabetes. For example, retinopathy, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic foot, diabetic dermatitis, diabetic sexual dysfunction, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia are gradually healed. Serious complications have been eliminated
The occurrence of serious complications has been prevented, and the occurrence of disabling and fatal cases has been avoided.