Diabetes Surgery and Metabolic Surgery

Metabolic diseases, especially metabolic syndrome are treated by using surgical methods so called Metabolic Surgery. What is metabolic syndrome?

Metabolic Syndrome; It is defined as a combination of overweight, fat-cholesterol metabolism disorders, high blood pressure and sugar metabolism disorders (diabetes inspudus). Diabetes should be taken seriously because it causes serious organ damage, reduced quality of social life and significant financial losses, as well as cardiovascular diseases. Bariatric Surgery has both provided a superior result than all other treatment alternatives in the treatment of morbid obesity and has emerged as the most effective treatment of type 2 diabetes. The most distinctive feature of Metabolic Surgery applications is that it provides that type 2 diabetes can be treated by using surgical methods in individuals who are below the limits determined by body mass index.

The number of both obesity and metabolic syndrome is increasing all over the world. It is known that 1.1 billion of the world’s population are overweight and approximately 400 million are obese (Body Mass Index >30). Among the most important diseases accompanying obesity are metabolic diseases such as type II diabetes, coronary artery diseases and hypertension. It is also known that the risk of getting cancer is higher in obese patients. Diseases accompanying obesity are shown in Table 1.

It is estimated that there were 150 million Diabetes patients in the World in 2004 and this number will reach 300 million in 2025. Type II diabetic patients constitute approximately 90% of all diabetics. It is predicted that there will be an increase of up to 150% in the mentioned rates in 2030 due to reasons such as increasing urbanization, fast-food style eating habits and sedentary lifestyle. It is known that approximately 18% of the adult population in Turkey is obese and 11% has type II Diabetes.