Does Metabolic Surgery Lead to Diabetes Remission in Patients with BMI < 30 kg/m?: a Meta-analysis.

Background: Bariatric surgery has demonstrated to be effective in remission of type 2 diabetes in obese patients, but it is unclear in non-obese patients. The aim of this study is to investigate if metabolic surgery is effective in diabetes resolution in patients with BMI < 30 kg/m.

Materials And Methods: A systematic review was performed and the content of the PubMed, Ovid, and the Cochrane Library databases covering the period January 2008 to April 2018 was searched.

Cardiovascular risk reduction over time in patients with diabetes or pre-diabetes undergoing bariatric surgery: data from a single-center retrospective observational study.

Background: Bariatric surgery is effective in remission of obesity comorbidities. This study was aimed at comparing CVD risk between morbidly obese patients with type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes before and after bariatric surgery as well as assessing comorbidities.

Methods: This is a retrospective observational study with 105 patients with type 2 diabetes (DMbaseline) and prediabetes (preDMbaseline) who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.

Obesity and type 2 diabetes: Also linked in therapeutic options.

The prevalence of obesity has increased worldwide over the past decades. Obesity is associated with multiple comorbidities, such as type 2 diabetes, that generates a great impact on health and economy. Weight loss in these patients leads to glycemic control so it is a target to achieve.

Central Body Fat Mass Measured by Bioelectrical Impedanciometry But Not Body Mass Index Is a High-Grade Prostate Cancer Risk Factor.

Objective: To evaluate the association between body fat mass distribution measured by bioelectrical impedanciometry (BEI) and high-grade prostate cancer (HGPC).

Methods: We prospectively analyze 323 patients who underwent prostate biopsy. BEI was performed prior to biopsy.

Brain abscess as the initial presentation of a macroprolactinoma: Case report.

Macroprolactinomas may behave invasively and infiltrate the skull base, causing a subsequent thinning that can also lead to a bone defect and a direct route of entry for pathogens. We describe the case of a 34-year-old male admitted to hospital with fever (38°C), headache, stiffness in the neck, diplopia and neurological impairment. Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed two bilateral abscesses in the fronto-parietal areas with intracranial venous sinus thrombosis and a pituitary adenoma that extended from the suprasellar region, eroding the sellar floor into the sphenoid sinus.

Microscopic versus endoscopic pituitary surgery.

Introduction And Objective: The endoscopic techniques used in pituitary surgery have evolved greatly in recent years. Our objective in this study was to conduct a review of the systematic reviews published in the English language literature, to examine their consistency and conclusions reached following studies comparing microsurgery and endoscopic surgery in hypophyseal surgery.

Materials And Methods: We carried out a bibliographic search on MEDLINE and EMBASE electronic databases, selecting those systematic reviews and meta-analyses published from the year 2000 until January 2013, focusing on comparisons between microsurgical and endoscopic techniques.

Non-functioning pituitary tumors: 2012 update.

Non-functioning pituitary adenomas are the most common pituitary macroadenomas in adults, accounting for approximately 14%-28% of all clinically relevant pituitary tumors. They are a heterogeneous group of tumors that cause symptoms by compression and/or hormone deficiencies. The possibility of tumor growth is increased in macroadenomas and solid tumors as compared to microadenomas and cystic tumors.

[Clinical guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of prolactinoma and hyperprolactinemia].

Objective: To provide practical and up to date recommendations for evaluation, differential diagnosis, and treatment of prolactinoma and hyperprolactinemia in various clinical settings.

Participants: Members of the Neuroendocrinology Working Group of the Spanish Society of Endocrinology.

Methods: Recommendations were formulated according to the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation system (GRADE) to describe both the strength of recommendations and the quality of evidence.

[AIP mutations in familial and sporadic pituitary adenomas: local experience and review of the literature].

Clinically relevant pituitary adenomas occur 3-5 times more frequently than previously thought. The majority are isolated cases, but their presentation can be familial in the setting of known syndromes such as multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN)-1 and Carney complex. When 2 or more cases of pituitary adenomas occur in the same family in the absence of the above-mentioned syndromes, a diagnosis of FIPA (familial isolated pituitary adenomas) is made, which accounts for 1-2% of all pituitary adenomas.

Severe protein-calorie malnutrition after gastric bypass.

Bariatric surgery achieves lasting weight loss and improves the comorbidities associated with morbid obesity. After surgery, patients can develop complications, mainly mild nutritional alterations. However, in some patients, complications can be serious and lifethreatening.

Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in a patient with morbid obesity.

Obesity has recently become one of the most important public health problems. It is associated with a high rate of mortality, mainly because of cardiovascular disease, and can cause hormonal abnormalities such as hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. Weight loss is very beneficial for obese patients, because it results in improvement or even normalization of these conditions.