Progress of metabolic surgery on treatment of obesity and T2DM conditions in the elderly / 国际外科学杂志

ABSTRACT

With the increase in population aging and the improvement of living standards,more and more elderly people are facing varies of issues,such as obesity,type 2 diabetes mellitus,hypertension and other metabolic problems.In addition to lifestyle intervention and intense medical,bariatric surgery is also an effective way to treat obesity,type 2 diabetes and other related comorbidities.This report has discussed and summarized the effect of surgery for elderly patients,postoperative complications,postoperative nu-trition and lifestyle improvements described in published literatures.