Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes

This book provides a concise, state-of-the art review of the surgical treatment of metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus.  The volume reviews what current practices in surgery and metabolic syndrome and diabetes including the biohormonal effects of the different surgeries. Isolating the effects of the different procedures is critical to the decision tree for type of procedure selected for an individual patient. Specifically for diabetes, this textbook will provide a guide for practitioners to a tailored approach to the treatment. Areas of ongoing research that highlight the minimally invasive approach as well as incorporating what we know of the biochemical results of surgery are presented.  Results of established weight loss procedures and ongoing trials are juxtaposed against some of the more novel techniques to ascertain a best practice.

Metabolic Surgery and the Surgical Treatment of Diabetes serves as a very useful resource for physicians and researchers dealing with, and interested in, this rising epidemic of metabolic syndrome and diabetes.  It  provides a concise yet comprehensive summary of the current status of the field that will help guide patient management and stimulate investigative efforts.

Chapter          1         

Definition, history and management of the metabolic syndrome and Management Gaps  

Joseph Vidal  

Amanda Jiménez

Chapter          2         

Extending current definitions of the Metabolic Syndrome

V. Mohan        

Indulekha K

Unnikrishnan R

Understanding Diabetes Mellitus

Chapter          3         

Understanding Diabetes Mellitus: Pathophysiology  

Adrian Vella    

Meera Shah, MBChB

Chapter          4         

Medical Approaches to Weight-Centric Management of Obese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes     

Donna Ryan

Chapter          5         

Adipocyte Dysfunction Obesity and Insulin resistance (and inflammation in obesity)

Cyrus Jahansouz      

Chapter          6

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Bariatric Surgery, and the Microbiome    

Cyrus Jahansouz      

Chapter          7         

History of Metabolic Surgery 

Walter Pories 

What we Know about mechanisms of weight loss surgery

Chapter          8         

Obesity and Cancer   

Robert O'Rourke       

Chapter          9         

Effect of bariatric surgery on Incretin function          

Blandine Laferrere     

Chapter          10       

Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Insulin Secretion        

Judy Korner   

Kim T. Nguyen, M.D.,

Surgery for Diabetes and the metabolic syndrome

Chapter          11       

Gastric banding          

Marina Kurian 

John Loy

Chapter          12       

Sleeve Gastrectomy  

Gregg Jossart

Chapter          13       

Gastric Bypass          

Eric DeMaria  

Saba Ansari, MS

Chapter          14       

Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch       

Vivek Prachand

Mustafa Hussain        

Chapter          15       

Ileal Interposition with Sleeve Gastrectomy for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

Aureo DePaula          

Carolina CL DePaula, MD

Surendra Ugale, MD

Chapter          16       

Balancing complications and Metabolic benefit        

Natan Zundel 

Elias Chousleb MD FACS,

Soni Chousleb MD

Future Treatments

Chapter          17       

Neural Modulation in the Treatment of Obesity        

Michael Sarr   

Todd A. Kellogg, M.D.

Chapter          18       

Endolumenal Sleeve  

Manoel Galvao Neto

Josemberg Marins Campos, PhD

Chapter          19       

Endoscopic primary obesity and balloon therapy     

Nicole Pena