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World J Clin Cases. Jun 16, 2015; 3(6): 504-509
Published online Jun 16, 2015. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v3.i6.504
Effect of bariatric surgery on humoral control of metabolic derangements in obese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: How it works
Suleyman Cetinkunar, Hasan Erdem, Recep Aktimur, Selim Sozen
Suleyman Cetinkunar, Hasan Erdem, Clinic of General Surgery, Adana Numune Training and Research Hospital, 01240 Yuregir, Adana, Turkey
Recep Aktimur, Clinic of General Surgery, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Ilkadım, 55100 Samsun, Turkey
Selim Sozen, Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Namık Kemal University, 59100 Merkez, Tekirdag, Turkey
Author contributions: All authors contributed to this manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.
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Correspondence to: Suleyman Cetinkunar, MD, Clinic of General Surgery, Adana Numune Training and Research Hospital, Serinevler mh Ege Bagatur Blv., 01240 Yuregir, Adana, Turkey. slmcetin@gmail.com
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Received: December 26, 2014
Peer-review started: December 29, 2014
First decision: January 20, 2015
Revised: March 13, 2015
Accepted: April 10, 2015
Article in press: April 14, 2015
Published online: June 16, 2015
Abstract

Obesity and diabetes is a co-pandemic and a major health concern that is expanding. It has many psychosocial and economic consequences due to morbidity and mortality of this disease combination. The pathophysiology of obesity and related diabetes is complex and multifactorial. One arm of this disease process is the genetic susceptibility. Other arm is dependent on the intricate neuro-humoral factors that converge in the central nerve system. Gut hormones and the adipose tissue derived factors plays an important role in this delicate network. Bariatric surgery provides the only durable option for treatment of obesity and furthermore it provides a remission in the concomitant diseases that accompany obesity. This review provides a brief insight to all these mechanisms and tries to deduce the possible reasons of remission of type 2 diabetes after bariatric surgery.

Keywords: Type 2 diabetes, Morbid obesity, Bariatric surgery

Core tip: Metabolic surgery in obese individuals results weight loss and beneficial effects on type 2 diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome.