Browsing Surgery by Subject "Diabetes"

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  • Diabetes: No Longer a Hopeless Disease 

    Pories, Walter J. (2012-03-29)
    RCAW Lifetime Achievement Award

  • Diabetes: The Evolution of a New Paradigm 

    Pories, Walter J. (East Carolina University, 2004-01)

  • Is type II diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) a surgical disease? 

    Pories, Walter J.; MacDonald, Kenneth G. Jr.; Flickinger, Edward G.; Dohm, G. Lynis; Sinha, Madhur K.; Barakat, Hisham A.; May, Harold J.; Khazanie, Prabhaker; Swanson, Melvin S.; Morgan, Elizabeth J.; Leggett-Frazier, Nancy; Long, Stuart D.; Brown, Brenda M.; O'Brien, Kevin F.; Caro, Jose F. (East Carolina University, 1992-06)
    Since February 1, 1980, 515 morbidly obese patients have undergone the Greenville gastric bypass (GGB) operation. Of these, 212 (41.2%) were euglycemic, 288 (55.9%) were either diabetic or had glucose intolerance, and ...

  • Long-term effect of insulin on glucose transport and insulin binding in cultured adipocytes from normal and obese humans with and without non-insulin-dependent diabetes. 

    Sinha, Madhur K.; Taylor, Lucy G.; Pories, Walter J.; Flickinger, Edward G.; Meelheim, Diane; Atkinson, Samuel M.; Sehgal, Narinder S.; Caro, Jose F. (East Carolina University, 1987-10)
    We have tested the hypothesis that in vitro exposure of insulin- resistant adipocytes with insulin results in improved insulin action. A primary culture system of adipocytes from obese subjects with ...

  • Mechanism for Improved Insulin Sensitivity after Gastric Bypass Surgery 

    Bikman, Benjamin Thomas; Zheng, Donghai; Pories, Walter J.; Chapman, William H. H.; Pender, John R.; Bowden, Rita C.; Reed, Melissa A.; Cortright, Ronald N.; Tapscott, Edward B.; Houmard, Joseph A.; Tanner, Charles J.; Lee, Jihyun; Dohm, G. Lynis (East Carolina University, 2008-12)
    Context: Surgical treatments of obesity have been shown to induce rapid and prolonged improvements in insulin sensitivity. Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of gastric bypass surgery and the ...

  • The Short-Term Effect of Weight Loss Surgery on Volumetric Breast Density and Fibroglandular Volume 

    Vohra, Nasreen A.; Kachare, Swapnil D.; Vos, Paul; Schroeder, Bruce F.; Schuth, Olga; Suttle, Dylan; Fitzgerald, Timothy L.; Wong, Jan H.; Verbanac, Kathryn M. (2016-10-26)
    Purpose: Obesity and breast density are both associated with an increased risk of breast cancer and are potentially modifiable. Weight loss surgery (WLS) causes a significant reduction in the amount of body fat and a ...

  • Who would have thought it? An operation proves to be the most effective therapy for adult-onset diabetes mellitus. 

    Pories, Walter J.; Swanson, Melvin S.; MacDonald, Kenneth G. Jr.; Long, Stuart B.; Morris, Patricia G.; Brown, Brenda M.; Barakat, Hisham A.; deRamon, Richard A.; Israel, R. Gay; Dolezal, Jeanette M.; Dohm, G. Lynis (East Carolina University, 1995-09)
    OBJECTIVE: This report documents that the gastric bypass operation provides long-term control for obesity and diabetes. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Obesity and diabetes, both notoriously resistant to medical therapy, continue ...