Medium-term outcomes of patients with insulin-dependent diabetes after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding.

Background: Bariatric surgery is effective in the control of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding is a popular form of bariatric surgery, but very limited data are available on its long-term effect on type 2 diabetes mellitus. The present study examined the effect of gastric banding on a consecutive cohort of unselected patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus at a teaching hospital in Birmingham, United Kingdom.