| Literature DB >> 17355776 |
Hugo Bonatti1, Gerald Brandacher, Elisabeth Hoeller, Ingrid Stelzmueller, Walter Mark, Raimund Margreiter, Helmut Weiss.
Abstract
Combined kidney-pancreas transplantation is the treatment of choice for end-stage diabetic nephropathy. Weight gain post-transplant increases the risk for post-transplant complications and death due to cardiovascular events. Gastric pacemakers have been used for therapy of diabetic gastropathy and for the treatment of moderate morbid obesity. We report a patient who experienced significant weight gain following successful kidney-pancreas transplantation and was thereafter successfully treated for diabetic gastroparesis and morbid obesity by use of a laparoscopically implanted gastric pacemaker.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17355776 DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9013-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Obes Surg ISSN: 0960-8923 Impact factor: 4.129