BACKGROUND: This study describes the pregnancy of previously obese women with type 2 diabetic who reduced body weight and normalized serum glucose level following biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) for obesity. METHODS: A subset of ten women who had type 2 diabetes prior to BPD and who developed pregnancy after the operation was retrospectively identified. RESULTS: All pregnancies were completely normal, and serum glucose levels remained within the physiological range throughout all the pregnancy. These post-diabetic women delivered 13 infants in good health with a normal birth weight and no case of macrosomia. CONCLUSIONS: These data are a clinical confirmation of the post-BPD improvement of beta-cell response to increased functional demand in obese patients with preoperative type 2 diabetes.
BACKGROUND: This study describes the pregnancy of previously obesewomen with type 2 diabetic who reduced body weight and normalized serum glucose level following biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) for obesity. METHODS: A subset of ten women who had type 2 diabetes prior to BPD and who developed pregnancy after the operation was retrospectively identified. RESULTS: All pregnancies were completely normal, and serum glucose levels remained within the physiological range throughout all the pregnancy. These post-diabeticwomen delivered 13 infants in good health with a normal birth weight and no case of macrosomia. CONCLUSIONS: These data are a clinical confirmation of the post-BPD improvement of beta-cell response to increased functional demand in obesepatients with preoperative type 2 diabetes.
Authors: Nicola Scopinaro; Giuseppe Maria Marinari; Giovanni Bruno Camerini; Francesco Saverio Papadia; Gian Franco Adami Journal: Diabetes Care Date: 2005-10 Impact factor: 19.112
Authors: N Scopinaro; G F Adami; G M Marinari; E Gianetta; E Traverso; D Friedman; G Camerini; G Baschieri; A Simonelli Journal: World J Surg Date: 1998-09 Impact factor: 3.352