Stopped: Benefit of duodenal exclusion alone less than expected for treatment of type 2 diabetes; an additional effect of combination with omentectomy not observed
Based in a surgery technique studied in a non-obese diabetic mouse model by Rubino and Marescaux(2004), wich reversed diabetes in those animals, we have performed a previous study in human volunteers with type 2 diabetes and overweight (non-obese). The surgery is a duodenal exclusion in wich the stomach volume is kept intact. We observed improvement of glycemic control and hemoglobin A1c, allied to reduction of medicines: insulin was withdrawn or significantly lowered. Further improvement of diabetes could be achieved by intervention in insulin resistance, another factor of diabetes pathophysiology. As that factor is related to visceral fat, we hypothesize that surgical removal of the major omentum, a great component of central adiposity, could beneficial . This study will evaluate the mechanisms of amelioration of type 2 diabetes mellitus after duodenal exclusion surgery plus total omentectomy, by the method of standardized meal stimulus and insulin tolerance test, in human non-obese volunteers with diabetes type 2 and known insulin secretion capacity. The previously studied volunteers submitted to duodenal exclusion without omentectomy will be the control group.
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Improvement or reversal of type 2 diabetes mellitus
Timeframe: 7 days, 14 days, 21 days, 1 month, 2 months, 3 months, six months and one year