Diabetes a metabolic disorder which afflicts millions and takes a heavy toll is a controllable chronic disease maintained with help of medications. In past decade lot of research has been done to evaluate the role of surgery in diabetes. Yes, bariatric surgery or gastric bypass surgery helps diabetics and can potentially turn out to be more effective then medications in some subset of patients.
"Gastric bypass uniquely restores pancreatic β-cell function and reduces truncal fat, thus reversing the core defects in diabetes. "
http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/26/17104943-amazing-results-for-diabetes-patients-after-weight-loss-surgery?lite
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/early/2013/02/14/dc12-1596.abstract?sid=79afa429-64fe-480c-a1b2-b29ec7f58797
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